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Post by Cole S. on Mar 13, 2010 22:01:27 GMT -5
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Post by Rick M. on Mar 14, 2010 0:23:03 GMT -5
Wow Cole, that looks awesome! I'm glad you got all the industrials up. Gee, I'm jealous! ;D (I wish I had a place to put my fans up like that - it must be so neat!) Anyway, looks great!
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 14, 2010 1:29:30 GMT -5
Wow its nice! Lucky you! You have a lot of free time to do all that. The Canarm looks a little weird on such a short downrod I'm use to see them always on their 18'' downrod. Did you cut it? Use a different shorter dowrod?
You did a really good job on the Evergo. Spray paint? Glossy, semi-gloss or matte?
Oh boy! I just realized the Litex Sean sold you and the Menards fan are two different fans. I thought they were the same thing. The Litex one is really the crappiest, especially because it makes a LOUD clacking sound. At least the Menards have nice well curved blades even though they are skinny.
Would you say that's the order from the best to the crappiest?(not counting the 36'' Evergo)
Canarm
Patton
Menards
Litex
You should not have put the Litex, its too loud. You have plenty of other 56'' white Industrials you could have put there. The Golden Fan, Banvil Gold Line, pair of Air Masters etc
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Post by Tais on Mar 14, 2010 5:45:09 GMT -5
very nice fans!! the blades somehow remind me of velox industrial ceiling fans
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Post by J.J. A. on Mar 14, 2010 6:47:56 GMT -5
Are you going to shoot a video of these fans?
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Mar 14, 2010 10:42:38 GMT -5
nice
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Post by Cole S. on Mar 14, 2010 11:13:41 GMT -5
Wow its nice! Lucky you! You have a lot of free time to do all that. The Canarm looks a little weird on such a short downrod I'm use to see them always on their 18'' downrod. Did you cut it? Use a different shorter dowrod? You did a really good job on the Evergo. Spray paint? Glossy, semi-gloss or matte? Oh boy! I just realized the Litex Sean sold you and the Menards fan are two different fans. I thought they were the same thing. The Litex one is really the crappiest, especially because it makes a LOUD clacking sound. At least the Menards have nice well curved blades even though they are skinny. Would you say that's the order from the best to the crappiest?(not counting the 36'' Evergo) Canarm Patton Menards Litex You should not have put the Litex, its too loud. You have plenty of other 56'' white Industrials you could have put there. The Golden Fan, Banvil Gold Line, pair of Air Masters etc Actually only took a few hours total, and would've taken less had the wire been more cooperative.  Yes, I cut the Canarm rod. I had no choice, they would've hung too low on 18" rods. Yes, spray paint. It was supposed to be high gloss, but turned out to be more like a semi-gloss. Yes, they're quite different. The manuals for the one from Sean say Litex Industries right on them, and the choke control for it is much different than the one for mine. If you remember I posted long ago that my dad helped me curve the blades extra on the Menards, they looked like the other Litex before. I'm thinking about doing the same to the Litex since it looks weird being the only one with little curve. Your order is correct, but to be honest it's a close pick between the Canarm and the Patton IMO. The Litex doesn't make that grinding noise anymore, the bearings must have settled or something, but it's completely silent except for the buzzing from the control. The Golden fan is NIB and has the nut, so I don't want to have a non matching fan or a fan I have to take down in the winter. Gold Line is most likely going to get a special treatment (something involving chrome  ) then go in my bedroom. The Airmasters are a good idea, but again I wouldn't leave them out there through the winter and that's kind of the point here. |
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Post by Drew K. on Mar 14, 2010 18:30:11 GMT -5
Cool! I like how you fit your evergo in there.
Looks great!
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Post by Jimmy P. on Mar 15, 2010 18:11:44 GMT -5
Whoa!! those are some nice Industrials cole  |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 17, 2010 16:02:20 GMT -5
Wow its nice! Lucky you! You have a lot of free time to do all that. The Canarm looks a little weird on such a short downrod I'm use to see them always on their 18'' downrod. Did you cut it? Use a different shorter dowrod? You did a really good job on the Evergo. Spray paint? Glossy, semi-gloss or matte? Oh boy! I just realized the Litex Sean sold you and the Menards fan are two different fans. I thought they were the same thing. The Litex one is really the crappiest, especially because it makes a LOUD clacking sound. At least the Menard's have nice well curved blades even though they are skinny. Would you say that's the order from the best to the crappiest?(not counting the 36'' Evergo) Canarm Patton Menards Litex You should not have put the Litex, its too loud. You have plenty of other 56'' white Industrials you could have put there. The Golden Fan, Banvil Gold Line, pair of Air Masters etc Actually only took a few hours total, and would've taken less had the wire been more cooperative. Yes, I cut the Canarm rod. I had no choice, they would've hung too low on 18" rods. Yes, spray paint. It was supposed to be high gloss, but turned out to be more like a semi-gloss. Yes, they're quite different. The manuals for the one from Sean say Litex Industries right on them, and the choke control for it is much different than the one for mine. If you remember I posted long ago that my dad helped me curve the blades extra on the Menards, they looked like the other Litex before. I'm thinking about doing the same to the Litex since it looks weird being the only one with little curve. Your order is correct, but to be honest it's a close pick between the Canarm and the Patton IMO. The Litex doesn't make that grinding noise anymore, the bearings must have settled or something, but it's completely silent except for the buzzing from the control. The Golden fan is NIB and has the nut, so I don't want to have a non matching fan or a fan I have to take down in the winter. Gold Line is most likely going to get a special treatment (something involving chrome ) then go in my bedroom. The Airmasters are a good idea, but again I wouldn't leave them out there through the winter and that's kind of the point here. A generic short downrod of a residential fan would not have fit on the Canarm? Yeah spray paint turns always a little more matte than what its supposed to be.  The blades on my Banvil turn out to have a orange peel texture.  The fact that there some of the original paint that was missing on the blades really did not helped. The rest of the fan turned WOW at least. But for the 4 Seasons Seville I really need to redo the paint on it, it turned so matte and horrible, also the color is a little too flashy, I wanted a softer blue and more blue than turquoise but choices of spray paint colors are very limited. Oh you bent up more the blades on the Menards Industrial?! They are originally not that curved up? I actually did the same for my Banvil Gold Line(just a little cause anyway one of the blade lost its original shape cause it was way too bent up when I found it) Industrials with more curved blades looks always better. ;D Solid state variable speed controls have a audible buzzing from the control?! I thought the buzzing(hum) was coming for the fans.  I noticed with my 4 Seasons 5-speed control there is a very light buzzing in the control, it comes from the transformer when its set between the speeds 2-5. But we are talking here about a VERY LIGHT buzzing. You have to have your ears right next to the control and the room have to be very quiet to hear it, its nothing really audible. The more modern 3-speed ones seem to have no buzzing at all. Your gonna paint the Gold Line in some sort of chrome color?! Its gonna be ugly. The spray colors will never be as nice looking as if the fan really was chrome plated. The other colors it would look better than white would be brown or anything around sky blue, turquoise, baby blue, light blue. Brown industrials look more homey. Industrial painted in light blue, sky blue, turquoise tones looks AWESOME! You prefer having a Industrial ceiling fan in your bedroom rather than a nice fancy and quiet residential fan such as a Casablanca like you currently have?(the Artisan) Hey I bet you would want a chrome Silver Line so bad? That is a real plated chrome Industrial and its much better quality than most of other Industrial in silver finishes like those cheap Westinghouse and Litex. Why you would not leave the Golden fan and the Airmasters in the winter in your garage and you don't mind for the Litexes, Canarm and Patton? |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 17, 2010 16:29:20 GMT -5
About the switch that turns off the Litex and Canarm is where the car goes under you said that it was also for when you don't want to have the annoying noise of the Litex but now you say it does not make the annoying noise anymore. It stopped making the loud clacking sound AFTER you added the switch? Explain.
BTW in all those 5 fans which one have the most silent motor on the variable speed control?
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Post by Tim Y. on Mar 17, 2010 19:53:48 GMT -5
Love it! It's a very practical setup for a garage. Glad to know that you didn't completely abandon the display. |
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Apr 15, 2010 14:52:28 GMT -5
BUMP!
.....In case you have never notice what I rote you back.
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Post by Cole S. on Apr 15, 2010 18:50:52 GMT -5
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see this. For the first post: No, the downrod has a specific shape at the bottom for the wires and connection to the motor so I had to cut it. Yeah, that little Evergo was missing lots of paint in little places so it's kind of a bumpy imperfect finish.  Yes, I bent them, they were hardly bent before and I wanted REALLY curved blades. No, you're right, the buzz is from the fans, but it's because of the control (I worded that badly originally). Yeah, I've seen that too, many choke controls buzz slightly to moderately. I'm not going to paint it, I was going to get it chromed professionally, like a real shiny chrome finish like that chrome Silver Line. Don't know that I'll do it now that I got the Halogen Star since that's modern. At the time I was going for modern... And yes, I WANT a chrome Silver Line! Thought I'd settle for a chrome Gold Line though... I bought these fans cheap for this purpose, not for collecting. Those other fans are for my collection and I want to keep them clean and in good condition. Second post: Yes, the Litex buzzes so I put the switch in so I could turn it off so it wouldn't buzz (I actually have changed the fan setup and put on/off pullchains in the canopies now so I may have to update this thread). The clacking went away very soon after I got the fan, within a week for sure. IDK, the bearings must have just settled out over that period of time. Evergo has the quietest motor on the speed control. I think if all four other fans were the same brand/amperage they would all be silent, if I put just any one of them on the control, they get very quiet, but with all of them on they buzz more. |
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Post by Tim Y. on Apr 15, 2010 19:05:46 GMT -5
If I were to re-finish a fan, I would sand the original paint off first. This would eliminate some of the imperfections in the new finish.
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Yes, I cut the Canarm rod. I had no choice, they would've hung too low on 18" rods.
) then go in my bedroom. The Airmasters are a good idea, but again I wouldn't leave them out there through the winter and that's kind of the point here.
The fact that there some of the original paint that was missing on the blades really did not helped. The rest of the fan turned WOW at least. But for the 4 Seasons Seville I really need to redo the paint on it, it turned so matte and horrible, also the color is a little too flashy, I wanted a softer blue and more blue than turquoise but choices of spray paint colors are very limited. 
