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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 14, 2015 14:22:26 GMT -5
The Commander Angel is AWESOME! It's my favorite combination is this size, brown and brass and stencil blades with pointed tips.
That's my favorite version of the Fasco Charleston.
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 14, 2015 17:23:56 GMT -5
All very nice fans Andrew. My favorite is the Commander spinner.
I think Mark has one of those Evergo spinners as well which he made new blades for, but his is white. The brown one is nice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 5:09:54 GMT -5
Saff looks original to me.
I've yet to see an Evergo (spinner) with white cane blades outside of pictures.
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 16, 2015 15:20:01 GMT -5
Looks pleasant, doesn't it? Look closer... While walking down a wonderfully decrepit hallway, something caught the corner of my eye. Buried in soggy ceiling debris and leaning against the wall was this... A 60" stamped Dayton/Leading Edge, new in its wrappings. It has bearing noise and a couple small rust spots here and there, but it's minty otherwise. Dated 1/12/1997.
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 16, 2015 18:10:32 GMT -5
Nice Dayton! Interesting place to find it.
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 19, 2015 20:19:19 GMT -5
Seeing something like this brings up a mix of emotions... When I was five years old, my kindergarten class went on a field trip to the local supermarket to see how it functioned. In the store, were 5 fans: Two white 42" Laskos, a white Crest Comfort Breeze knockoff, and two brown fans with 3 blades in the stockroom that I would later learn were Emerson Heat Fans. Over the years, one of the Heat Fans burned out and was removed, and then the Crest died and was replaced with a 60" Hampton Bay Industrial. In late 2013, the little mom & pop supermarket closed its doors... and I sprang into action. Well yesterday, my efforts finally paid off... I have FINALLY acquired my childhood supermarket fans! "It's mine.. my own.. myyyy preeeciousss": The rare 3-blade K63 Emerson Heat Fan, in 52". The bearings are screwed, but that was expected. By the way, that now completes the set. Yes, I have TWO OF THESE now... The Hampton Bay was installed using the Crest's mounting bracket...which did NOT include the socket for the ball, so it was twisting the wires in the canopy. It was installed around 2009 after the Crest died. It was later moved slightly to reside over a beverage refrigerator, which had conduit running down from the ceiling to power it; this lead to them cutting the blades in order to make it fit, so instead of its original 60" span, it is now closer to 42". Due to the issue with the mounting hardware, I slapped an Evergo bell canopy onto it for the time being, just for the hell of it. One of the Laskos had been missing its pullchain since as long as I can remember, leaving it stuck on medium in reverse for well over 15 years. The only time it was ever off after that point was when the breaker for them was off. As you can imagine, the bearings are done; so I cleaned up and tested the other one first.
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Post by Adam D. on Mar 19, 2015 20:35:50 GMT -5
I totally missed the post above.. Let me start with that one first.. Is that sunshine going through skylights, or super bright florescent fixtures? Dayton Fan is in amazing shape..
And the Heat Fans and the other fans from that childhood place.. Gotta say, Good for you.. I love hearing stories like that.. As a kid you remember seeing those same fans and would have never thought as an adult those would ever be in your possession or even a situation like that would happen.. Those I'm sure are sentimental values of yours to hang on for dear life.. Though I wish those with a K63 motor would pop up in these parts..
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Post by Noah C on Mar 19, 2015 20:46:15 GMT -5
Those heat fans are stupendous! Also the lasko 1895 copy is okay too, though I would have much rather seen a actual 42" 1895. May I trouble you to figure out the size of the motors in those laskos?
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 19, 2015 20:54:37 GMT -5
I totally missed the post above.. Let me start with that one first.. Is that sunshine going through skylights, or super bright florescent fixtures? Dayton Fan is in amazing shape.. Those are broken skylights. In one of the pictures, you can see a pile of snow on the floor underneath one of them. Though I wish those with a K63 motor would pop up in these parts.. I wish these would show up anywhere else, really. The ones I have are the only ones I've ever seen. As far as I know, only one other collector has these...and his are only motors.
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 19, 2015 20:56:12 GMT -5
Those heat fans are stupendous! Also the lasko 1895 copy is okay too, though I would have much rather seen a actual 42" 1895. May I trouble you to figure out the size of the motors in those laskos? 153mm, possibly a little smaller. Laskos were notorious for being underpowered.
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Post by Noah C on Mar 19, 2015 20:57:59 GMT -5
Those heat fans are stupendous! Also the lasko 1895 copy is okay too, though I would have much rather seen a actual 42" 1895. May I trouble you to figure out the size of the motors in those laskos? 153mm, possibly a little smaller. Laskos were notorious for being underpowered. in your set of 3 blade heat fans, the larger one has a K63. Does the smaller one have a K55?
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 19, 2015 21:26:34 GMT -5
That first picture of the Lasko, that has got to be one of the most ghetto installs I've ever seen! Tell me that board was secured to something…
Great score on the Emerson, its a cool fan to begin with, the story behind it makes it even better!
I thought that HB industrial looked a little strange, the blades being cut explains it. How does it perform with the shorter blades compared to the regular blades?
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 19, 2015 21:47:10 GMT -5
in your set of 3 blade heat fans, the larger one has a K63. Does the smaller one have a K55? Nope, both are K63s; the 36" simply has a smaller one. That first picture of the Lasko, that has got to be one of the most ghetto installs I've ever seen! Tell me that board was secured to something… The octagon box was bolted to a board, which was supported by the grid of the drop ceiling. Great score on the Emerson, its a cool fan to begin with, the story behind it makes it even better! Thanks. Like I said, this is one of my ultimate childhood fans. I thought that HB industrial looked a little strange, the blades being cut explains it. How does it perform with the shorter blades compared to the regular blades? It actually performs very well with the short blades; in fact, it actually spins faster.
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Post by Noah C on Mar 19, 2015 22:02:52 GMT -5
I thought that HB industrial looked a little strange, the blades being cut explains it. How does it perform with the shorter blades compared to the regular blades? It actually performs very well with the short blades; in fact, it actually spins faster. The fan has to spin faster; the motor does not have as much load bolted to it to to the 9" of plastic/metal being shaved off of the blades (the fan was originally 60", you would have to remove 9" on each blade to end up with a resulting span of 42").
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 20, 2015 1:00:16 GMT -5
I remember when you post the picture of those fans in June 2006. I really liked the Crest that was there even if it looked cheap.
It looks dangerous the way the Lasko was installed.
It's funny that you found a Hampton Bay Industrial like this as I often imagine one in this size.
The feeling of acquiring fans you saw for a long time and as a child is quite special indeed.
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