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Post by Adam D. on Sept 3, 2011 14:42:49 GMT -5
Went to Home Depot and bought the paint closest to the original.. Grill Before  Grill After  Fixing one of the blades that is badly warped.  Blade Holders   Motor  Switch Housing  Canopy  Motor with the grill off  Motor with the grill on  |
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Post by Cole S. on Sept 3, 2011 22:59:52 GMT -5
Not too bad overall! I love the glossy brown especially, looks really fantastic.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2011 23:18:30 GMT -5
Why not paint the blade irons gold too?
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Post by Adam D. on Sept 3, 2011 23:49:31 GMT -5
Thanks Cole.. The dark brown paint is pretty much right on with the old paint, can't tell any differences in the color, tho the brass paint does not match up to any brass, Not as shiny as brass, but maybe with a little novas or something like that may shine it up... Any ideas?
The blade holders were originally dark brown.. So im going to keep them that way..
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Post by Tais on Sept 4, 2011 2:37:18 GMT -5
i love the shape of the fan motor and the paint quality!! the paints we have here are cheap comparing to the one used for this fan
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Post by Rick M. on Sept 4, 2011 9:43:19 GMT -5
Very nicely done, Adam! Looks great to me.
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Post by Adam D. on Sept 5, 2011 15:00:17 GMT -5
Thanks guys.. Is it me or these fans don't go so fast? On the highest speed the fan goes about as fast any other fan on medium speed.. I noticed the pitch on the blades are pretty steep. I'm still trying to figure out where to put the oil.. The glue to fix the warped blade made the blade much heavier and makes the fan wobble awfully, I clipped two cloths line pens on the opposite side to make the fan steady..
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2011 18:14:03 GMT -5
Sounds like you have one of the 28 pole, sealed bearing models. They run at about the speed you describe, but still move a lot of air.
If the rotor still spins when it is upside down, the bearings are not designed to take oil.
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Post by Adam D. on Sept 5, 2011 19:50:59 GMT -5
gotcha....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2011 20:23:41 GMT -5
You should paint the blade irons to match the bottom plate. They are normally brass.
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Post by bryan1980 on Sept 6, 2011 7:20:46 GMT -5
Wow, I've never seen a Bananafan up close before. That's about as close to an Original as you can get, right down to the two piece canopy!
Looks good Adam!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2011 12:23:32 GMT -5
There are actually much closer copies . . . but the Bananafan is my favorite!
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Post by bryan1980 on Sept 6, 2011 15:20:59 GMT -5
There are actually much closer copies . . . but the Bananafan is my favorite! Actually, I've been wondering about that lately. How many Original copies were there? The only two I know of are the Bananafan and that one that Litex made. |
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Post by Adam D. on Sept 6, 2011 15:36:29 GMT -5
Commander Electric are the ones closest to the Original, they are basically Hunter Originals minus the variations of colors, blade types, and the bottom motor plate..
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Post by bryan1980 on Sept 6, 2011 16:47:29 GMT -5
I just looked at the CEC catalog Dan posted a while back. It's uncanny how much alike they are. Even the weights are almost the same. Even if it's a knockoff, it still looks like a neat fan, probably better than the Original Hunter currently sells.
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