| Author | Post |
|---|
Nicholas Denney
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Thu Aug 2nd, 2007 |
| Location: | Morgantown, Pennsylvania USA |
| Posts: | 2576 |
| Favorite Fan: | Emerson Trojan 54648 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 03:50 am |
|
What IS it? Crappy, homemade crap or....???  Attached Image (viewed 390 times):
|
Steve Cunningham
Super Moderator
| Joined: | Mon Nov 14th, 2005 |
| Location: | Houston, Texas USA |
| Posts: | 2061 |
| Favorite Fan: | Perret's Patent Bipolar |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 05:24 am |
|
| Uh, let me be cautious. In my 40 years of collecting I have never seen a fan like that one. Last edited on Wed Aug 19th, 2009 06:06 am by Steve Cunningham
|
Russ Huber
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Mon Nov 14th, 2005 |
| Location: | Southwest, Wisconsin USA |
| Posts: | 4936 |
| Favorite Fan: | Any with all its parts. |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 05:55 am |
|
Steve Cunningham wrote: Uh, let me cautious. In my 40 years of collecting I have never seen a fan like that one.
Today you did. 
|
James Pinette
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Sun May 21st, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 454 |
| Favorite Fan: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 09:36 pm |
|
i've seen many ceiling fans, but never quite like that, although if i had to guess , maybe it's gear driven and or pully driven, not sure though.
james
|
Peter Chester
Guest
| Joined: | Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 130 |
| Favorite Fan: | hunter baseball fan |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 04:25 pm |
|
| It sure does look like homemade. It may be an engineering student's project work. where did u get this shot from ?
|
Andrew Block
Guest
|
Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 04:31 pm |
|
| The guy appears to be holding it up by one hand......I'd say its not an antique.
|
Russ Huber
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Mon Nov 14th, 2005 |
| Location: | Southwest, Wisconsin USA |
| Posts: | 4936 |
| Favorite Fan: | Any with all its parts. |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 04:44 pm |
|
If you guys look real close I can see a Gerbil poking its snout out of one the housing vents. 
|
Nicholas Denney
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Thu Aug 2nd, 2007 |
| Location: | Morgantown, Pennsylvania USA |
| Posts: | 2576 |
| Favorite Fan: | Emerson Trojan 54648 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 06:13 pm |
|
Russ Huber wrote: If you guys look real close I can see a Gerbil poking its snout out of one the housing vents.
..........????
|
Russ Huber
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Mon Nov 14th, 2005 |
| Location: | Southwest, Wisconsin USA |
| Posts: | 4936 |
| Favorite Fan: | Any with all its parts. |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 06:19 pm |
|
Nicholas Denney wrote:
Russ Huber wrote: If you guys look real close I can see a Gerbil poking its snout out of one the housing vents.
..........????
A gerbil is a rodent used to foot power unknown ceiling fans. 
|
Evan Atkinson
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Tue Apr 18th, 2006 |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California USA |
| Posts: | 940 |
| Favorite Fan: | Backus ceiling fans 1890's |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sat Nov 7th, 2009 08:33 am |
|
Oddly, it has some characteristics of the Phil Rich Windmaker ceiling fans that were made down in Houston and used Emerson motors.
|
Peter Chester
Guest
| Joined: | Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 130 |
| Favorite Fan: | hunter baseball fan |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sat Nov 7th, 2009 08:46 am |
|
Russ Huber wrote:
A gerbil is a rodent used to foot power unknown ceiling fans.
Thats enough joking Russ
|
Ralph Bliss
AFCA Member
|
Posted: Sat Nov 7th, 2009 10:29 am |
|
Peter Chester wrote: Russ Huber wrote:
A gerbil is a rodent used to foot power unknown ceiling fans.
Thats enough joking Russ
what makes you think he was joking?
|
Dale Keever
AFCA Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 |
| Location: | Georgia USA |
| Posts: | 286 |
| Favorite Fan: | Tanks |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sun Nov 8th, 2009 11:11 pm |
|
| I don't know either, but when I was in Key West a few years ago we had dinner at a bar/restaurant near the water. This very old bar had a ceiling fan with a wing span of about 8' and it turned slowly but put out a pretty good breeze. Could not tell what the motor was but it was very old.
|
Peter Chester
Guest
| Joined: | Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 130 |
| Favorite Fan: | hunter baseball fan |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 01:09 pm |
|
Ralph Bliss wrote:
what makes you think he was joking?
The mention of that gebril. And besides Russ is known for his great sense of humourLast edited on Mon Nov 9th, 2009 01:10 pm by Peter Chester
|
Current time is 09:50 am | |
|