Waco Habitat

[JW]

Today I stumbled upon the Waco Habitat ReStore. I thought it was new, but in fact it's been in existence for 7 years. Of course I made a beeline to the ceiling fan section... where piles upon piles upon piles of fans were waiting. That only meant one thing...

...ten minutes later I was on the Habitat volunteer list! I spent several hours today sorting through the fans and did some initial trashing of some of the junk (water damaged blades, rusty fans, Heritages , etc.) It will need much more work, but I made a lot of headway today. In talking with the owner, he eventually wants to make a large display at the back of the store. He also said that they had been looking for someone with some fan knowledge to work on that aisle, since they didn't know where to begin with everything spread out!

Here are a few pics of some of the more interesting fans. I'll post more as I continue work there; there are hundreds upon hundreds of blades and brackets to sort through.

I now present to you the pics:

Spinner - didn't really have a brand name on the tag; looks like a CEC/KDK hybrid. Dan, you have one of these, don't you? The fan in the background is an 1895 - perhaps I'll find a new set of blades for it when I sort through them better:


36" Evergo - I've since bent the misaligned blade back:


Old Jacksonville S-vent with Emperor blades and brackets - I wonder if these were original or replacements? Standard Old Jacksonville blades usually have "rounded points".


One of those Codeps I've been hunting down for years. This one is in bad need of a blade alignment - I attempted it while it was hanging and the brackets would not budge.


Loyal in mint condition, other than the brackets bent slightly upward for it resting on the blades like this (the motor is HEAVY).


Encon CG with the REALLY ornate brackets, as in that ad I posted a while back:


Here's a Patton, Dan (they want $30):


My first repair job - a Winco... the brackets were TRASHED - I got some off a spare set of blades lying around.


I gave the owner (and a nearby customer who also asked) a link to the site; here's hoping they visit, if not post!

[jeremy]

>:(i notice some of those blades are broken....ggrrrr

like the brown emerson on first page

[JW]

Yes, I'm sure there are some other Emerson blades lying around with which I can fix it.

The links:
www.wacohabitat.org/restore/index.php
www.wacorestore.com

[Troy]

can you get more pics for me

[JW]

Hey Troy:

jw said:

I'll post more as I continue work there

[mndoss06]

Wow, those are some great fans! I really love that antique brass you have in the first pic. I want to say it looks like a Moss. Those and Nutone Slimlines are probably my two most favorite fans. Your Restore has a great selection of fans, much better than the one near me, the Gaithersburg, MD Restore. Over the summer they had some good pickings, I managed to get an antique brass spinner and a polished brass Slimline, both of which I have pictured under the Yahoo groups site. Right now our Restore has a very small selection though, and most of what's there are more recent-ish fans. I can't wait to see more pics!

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Are these fans you now own, or are they still at the Habitat for sale?

The first one is a Moss Troipical Breeze. I spot an 1895 series behind it that you should pick up and find blades for.
There's also some sort of white Envirofan behind it, worth picking up?

The second pic, I've NEVER seen an Evergo with stencil before and it is awesome. You should pick it up if just for the rarity.

That Old Jack, I am 99% sure those blades/brackets are not original. NICE fan though, still worth grabbing.

The Codep, is it actually labeled Codep?

36" Plastic Emerson next to the Loyal, I would grab that.

I've never seen those CG brackwets before. Make sure you grab it.

That Patton is cooler than the majority I've seen. You should be able to buy it for WAY less than $30, after all you are a volunteer.

[JW]

The only fan I bought from Habitat is the Old Jack buildervent.

Most of those fans are priced at least $20-$30 each. I was told that an old lady came in and priced them. Perhaps after I've been there for a while I'll see if they still want them that high, but I'm real hesitant to go into anywhere new and start making changes. That's just rude

If you really want that little white plastic Emerson, I have two just like it that are in MUCH better condition (I think they're 42" instead of 36"). Both have the newer flywheel, as does the one pictured here. I also have at least one other 36" (the one I did the three-speed conversion on - the original low only works intermittently) - I may have another boxed away somewhere.

That "Codep" is not actually labeled Codep - it's what most people on this forum concluded it was. There is no brand name on it.

The blades on the Evergo/Envirofan in the back have a slight to moderate amount of water damage.

I already mentioned that 1895 - if you'll look closely, the brackets are shaped like Lasko brackets instead of the standard 1895 brackets; the blades also look to be the same square tip blades as the 2052's (not semisquare like the later 1895s, or pointed or "terraced" like the majority of 1895s). Does this mean it was an earlier or later model?

[Deleted]

I have a ton of Plastic Emersons, I would only be looking for a few select models for myself. I was suggesting you pick it up for yourself or others if it's cheap or free.

[Deleted]

Also, you know what they're worth and what people would pay, so you're best qualified to price them. However I was also assuming that as a fan volunteer you'd worked out some kind of deal for fans/parts you buy, or could. Hicks and myself have done that.

[JW]

Right - like I said today was my first day. After I've been there awhile, perhaps I'll start trying to make deals. Today I was just trying to get a little of the clutter out of the way.

[Deleted]

Well, you can get rid of some of the clutter by blessing me with that Patton!

[mndoss06]

$20-$30 a fan, that's a lot different than the Habitat near me. When I got my antique brass spinner (Dan you said it was probably a Broan/Alaska) it didn't have a price on it and the lady at the cashier asked if $10 would be good. Needless to say I told her that was great (as the fan came w/ everything, including a light kit and the glass for it!). Also, when I got my Slimline the manager was there and said that all the fans were $5. I guess different managers price things differently though.

[Troy]

i would like to have that plastic emerson

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Plenty of people here can sell you a plastic Emerson.

Some Habitats are $1-5 for fans, $5-20, some are $20-100. It depends on the area and how ba they want to move them. $20 is still cheaper than buying a new one.