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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2008 18:06:59 GMT -5
Actually what it is, the brass plating is really thin. You've gotten the metal down to the bare aluminum, which is what it's made of.
Variable speed controls in cardboard is standard.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 17, 2008 5:04:57 GMT -5
First -I've "stripped" all the metal (motor housing, switch housing, & blade holders) parts and they're all heavily chromed and the "brass finish" comes off completely. Some of the chrome is stained, but that comes off with #1000 - 1500 wet/dry paper. There are a few pits from rust, but they smoothed out. May need rechroming, but for now I'm going with what I've got.
Second - Had both bearings replaced and am ready to try putting the motor back together. Any thoughts or suggestions that help inexperience?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2008 22:40:29 GMT -5
Getting apart is the hard part! Back together is usually pretty easy.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 18, 2008 5:33:46 GMT -5
I got a chance to "play" some more on my mystery fan. Here is a pic of what resulted from the stripping and the assembled motor:
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jul 18, 2008 16:18:21 GMT -5
Wow! Nice work. The blades appears to be in much better condition than on the first pics you show us. And also with a lighter finish. Did you do anything to the blades? Like sanding them?
It definitely looks like a Toastmaster.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 18, 2008 18:22:49 GMT -5
So far I've only stripped the blades. They are, of course plywood with a thin veneer, some of which is loosened. I've glued and clamped the veneer with a dark glue in case I decide to stain a dark color. I've not sanded, nor do I think I'll have to. The metal may have to be rechromed. Thanks for commenting.
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Jul 19, 2008 10:56:22 GMT -5
wow!!! how did you do that? i really want to know!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 17:14:02 GMT -5
I wouldnt risk sanding. Actually I wouldnt have stripped either, the could have been cleaned up very nicely with the original finish.
Richard, if you read up, he explains everything he did.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 25, 2008 11:09:01 GMT -5
This is the reason I "stripped" the motor. You could see the chrome with the covering of brass-like material. I used an industrial cleaner, very much like Zip ease (?), mostly methyne chloride. It came off like any other grim. The blades were black on top. The fan had been installed in a kitchen over 20 years ago. Again, they crud came off with the cleaner. It did take off the finish. You can see the present condition of the lower surface of the blades. The dark color of the finish had to be a stained finish for it to come off as easily as it did - not a true stain - the stripper would have left it alone. Any veneer was reglued before the cleaning, so as to remove any glue on the surface. And using dark glue, the only evidence of the glue's presence was dark line in the edge of the plywood; basically none. I hope I have the correct pics to go along with this. Thanks for asking.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2008 18:52:19 GMT -5
Nice work.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 26, 2008 4:45:25 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by kelly on Aug 9, 2008 23:17:36 GMT -5
really cool restoration job
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