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Post by markwelker on Mar 3, 2017 2:01:44 GMT -5
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Post by Cole D on Mar 3, 2017 22:56:52 GMT -5
Wow, those look rough, but I hope you can restore them. Maybe sandblasting would work?
Does Disney still have any of these? I vaguely remember seeing them at Magic Kingdom but I only went once, and it was back in 2001.
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Post by markwelker on Mar 3, 2017 23:01:22 GMT -5
Wow, those look rough, but I hope you can restore them. Maybe sandblasting would work? Does Disney still have any of these? I vaguely remember seeing them at Magic Kingdom but I only went once, and it was back in 2001. They do have some originals but nothing this old. These are from when the park first opened!!! I'm getting them freed up and testing to see if they work before sanding/cosmetic work. So far 1 R52 works. The 1995 has arcing windings and the 1988 one is locked beyond repair. 6 more R52 to free/test tomorrow |
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Post by Cole D on Mar 4, 2017 0:58:06 GMT -5
Are the stepped canopies original? I thought in pictures I saw at Disney the blue ones had bell canopies, but my knowledge on Originals is not great. Magic Kingdom opened in 1971 so if they are the original fans that's around the year they are from.
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Post by markwelker on Mar 4, 2017 1:16:53 GMT -5
Are the stepped canopies original? I thought in pictures I saw at Disney the blue ones had bell canopies, but my knowledge on Originals is not great. Magic Kingdom opened in 1971 so if they are the original fans that's around the year they are from. the canopies for these fans are actually still mounted in Disney XD these canopies must have come from the new orig als they installed to replace them. |
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Post by Aaron T. on Mar 4, 2017 13:35:06 GMT -5
Them fans has seen better days. Hope you can restore most of them!
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Post by markwelker on Mar 12, 2017 16:59:30 GMT -5
so been working on motors 1 and 2 this week. both came out stunning!!! motor one was re done in the same color of blue they had been painted by disney when hung in the tiki room que line/pre show area  close up of the motor  this is a comparison of the original blue color to the blue color i found. these canopies were with the fans. im assuming they were from the originals that replaced these and that's why the fans there have the 60's canopies.  photo of motor one when i had the wire thing wire brushed. took forever. after i coated it with a self etching primer and then 2 coats of paint  this if motor #2 from Disney painted black and using a adapt air and solid wood blades  close up  tag i did a little better than on motor one  so in total i had 7 r-52s. motors 1 and 2 have been restored and im probably going to keep both of them. motors 3 and 4 which i got working are going to another collector on you tube who contacted me. motor 5 unfortunately didn't come free and ended up pushing the shaft out instead of pulling the rotor out. so its a parts fan which isnt all bad. mainly because i need a speed transformer for the H-52 i have plans to restore once i get my replacement bracket.  motor 6 has been sold to Wesley who has gotten it freed up and running. hes also interested in motor 7 so that will probably be what happens to it. the 1988 motor has a winding short and the 1995 motor is still stuck. these are both going to the hunter warranty locals in trade for parts i need. i actually made a lot of videos on the 2 fans i restored so go check them out HERE |
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Post by markwelker on Mar 24, 2017 16:09:03 GMT -5
update. motor 3 and 4 arrived safety with their new owner and are planed to be restored to their original cream white color. motor 7 has also sold on ebay and is with its new owner who is working on restoring it as well
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 25, 2017 9:23:43 GMT -5
What kind of pedestal fan is seen in the bottom right of the second picture up?
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Post by markwelker on Mar 25, 2017 23:20:13 GMT -5
What kind of pedestal fan is seen in the bottom right of the second picture up? that's a Westinghouse, belongs to my step dad. I used it during the summer when I'm changing fans out |
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 26, 2017 14:28:53 GMT -5
What kind of pedestal fan is seen in the bottom right of the second picture up? that's a Westinghouse, belongs to my step dad. I used it during the summer when I'm changing fans out |
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Post by markwelker on Mar 26, 2017 21:43:35 GMT -5
that's a Westinghouse, belongs to my step dad. I used it during the summer when I'm changing fans out there's already a video of it on my channel |
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Post by markwelker on Mar 26, 2017 21:46:04 GMT -5
Could you do a video of it sometime? there's already a video of it on my channel |
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