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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 10, 2015 10:49:07 GMT -5
I LOVE Delta I's! Yours looks AWESOME in that finish with that light kit on it! I really wish cool Casablancas would show up in my area. Casablanca fans are very rare in Louisiana. Thanks man. The finish is actually painted from the owners I got it from. I'm switching the blades to rosewood when I get the chance
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 10, 2015 11:46:15 GMT -5
While I was home, I got a package of a NOS Harbor Breeze polished brass spotlight kit. I LOVE spotlight kits. Looks cool! I'm gonna do is buy this thing called a HotShot handle for my phone (its for skateboarding) and a tripod. When I get that, I'll start filming things and putting them up on YouTube so stay tuned for all of that. That is an interesting contraption.. I personally hate recording with i-Fones.. its too light in weight so the video is all shakey, its too small to hold, and autofocus is a hit or miss.. I've used it a few times for the 120 FPS function, and it produces a great image for what it is.. but I will always prefer a full size camera..
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 10, 2015 16:15:07 GMT -5
While I was home, I got a package of a NOS Harbor Breeze polished brass spotlight kit. I LOVE spotlight kits. Looks cool! I'm gonna do is buy this thing called a HotShot handle for my phone (its for skateboarding) and a tripod. When I get that, I'll start filming things and putting them up on YouTube so stay tuned for all of that. That is an interesting contraption.. I personally hate recording with i-Fones.. its too light in weight so the video is all shakey, its too small to hold, and autofocus is a hit or miss.. I've used it a few times for the 120 FPS function, and it produces a great image for what it is.. but I will always prefer a full size camera.. Yeah I don't have the money for a camera. But I'd love one. Plus, whenever I skate, I always film with my phone. I got a fisheye lens for my phone too so I'm trying to make it look a lot more professional lmao
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 11, 2015 10:14:00 GMT -5
Yeah I don't have the money for a camera. But I'd love one. Plus, whenever I skate, I always film with my phone. I got a fisheye lens for my phone too so I'm trying to make it look a lot more professional lmao My camera is pretty old.. it only does 30FPS at 720P, which is okay for most of my YouTube videos but is sub-par for skating.. I have a 18MM wide-angle lens I use most of the time which works well.. I love the fisheye for skate videos but I don't have one.. I think I'll wait until I can afford a new camera before I invest in any more lenses..
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 21, 2015 1:02:16 GMT -5
Yeah I don't have the money for a camera. But I'd love one. Plus, whenever I skate, I always film with my phone. I got a fisheye lens for my phone too so I'm trying to make it look a lot more professional lmao My camera is pretty old.. it only does 30FPS at 720P, which is okay for most of my YouTube videos but is sub-par for skating.. I have a 18MM wide-angle lens I use most of the time which works well.. I love the fisheye for skate videos but I don't have one.. I think I'll wait until I can afford a new camera before I invest in any more lenses..I feel you man
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 21, 2015 1:05:21 GMT -5
Hey guys. I'm back home for a couple of days. There's a few fan related joints going on. Here's what I did today... I finally took my time to replace my Zephyr's IT3 system. Sadly, the W85 popped and I was freaking heated. Everything worked for a few seconds before the control went POP. so now I need a new switch. But it looks good I replaced the snow white blades for my Delta I with these rosewood blades. Looks EXTREMELY sexy and I love it like this Tested the Victorian with its control. Works fine. Just needs a new flywheel and possibly an LCA Also tested the San Marino. Still needs the original blade arms but everything works More to come
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 21, 2015 23:37:36 GMT -5
That board looks salvageable,, you could possibly just replace that resister and do some reflowing and it be fine assuming nothing else got damaged when it went out..
The blades on the Delta have a gorgeous finish
Can't wait to see that Victorian going!
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 21, 2015 23:45:22 GMT -5
That board looks salvageable,, you could possibly just replace that resister and do some reflowing and it be fine assuming nothing else got damaged when it went out..
The blades on the Delta have a gorgeous finish
Can't wait to see that Victorian going! Well the board didn't go out, the LDM did, or thats what I believe just because when i turned it on with a light for the first time, it started smoking. SO i just said it and replaced the whole system. but now i need a new w85 control now i love those blades man. absolutely beautiful. I was thinking of giving it to one of my friends to install in his room cuz he's like into all gothic type stuff after i finished up the canopy. but then I thought.....nah this is all mine I gotta find a cheap way to replace the flywheel. I still gotta get my Lady Delta's flywheel replaced as well
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 21, 2015 23:55:05 GMT -5
Well the board didn't go out, the LDM did, or thats what I believe just because when i turned it on with a light for the first time, it started smoking. SO i just said it and replaced the whole system. but now i need a new w85 control now i love those blades man. absolutely beautiful. I was thinking of giving it to one of my friends to install in his room cuz he's like into all gothic type stuff after i finished up the canopy. but then I thought.....nah this is all mine I gotta find a cheap way to replace the flywheel. I still gotta get my Lady Delta's flywheel replaced as well There's probably just one bad component on there somewhere.. I don't know how much those things cost.. I come from the perspective of working on $$$ computer mainboards and such.. may not be cost effective on something so simple..
I'd hold onto it too.. I'm always hesitant to loan out vintage stuff to non-collectors.. They won't appreciate it as much, and you never know what they're going to do with it.. especially nice pieces like that..
Flywheels are outrageously expensive! I've never looked them up before.. That's quite ridiculous.. I expected them to be like $10-15.. cheese..
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 22, 2015 0:10:26 GMT -5
Well the board didn't go out, the LDM did, or thats what I believe just because when i turned it on with a light for the first time, it started smoking. SO i just said it and replaced the whole system. but now i need a new w85 control now i love those blades man. absolutely beautiful. I was thinking of giving it to one of my friends to install in his room cuz he's like into all gothic type stuff after i finished up the canopy. but then I thought.....nah this is all mine I gotta find a cheap way to replace the flywheel. I still gotta get my Lady Delta's flywheel replaced as well There's probably just one bad component on there somewhere.. I don't know how much those things cost.. I come from the perspective of working on $$$ computer mainboards and such.. may not be cost effective on something so simple..
I'd hold onto it too.. I'm always hesitant to loan out vintage stuff to non-collectors.. They won't appreciate it as much, and you never know what they're going to do with it.. especially nice pieces like that..
Flywheels are outrageously expensive! I've never looked them up before.. That's quite ridiculous.. I expected them to be like $10-15.. cheese.. yeah. i was thinking that. but it was so much easier to replace everything truth! yo i know. i saw one for 65 and im like....nah man. dont do me like that
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 22, 2015 0:21:05 GMT -5
yo i know. i saw one for 65 and im like....nah man. dont do me like that They must be making like 2,000% profit of those things or something.. it just a dumb rubber mold how much could it cost especially coming out of a machine making thousands an hour.. give me a break..
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 22, 2015 0:36:01 GMT -5
yo i know. i saw one for 65 and im like....nah man. dont do me like that They must be making like 2,000% profit of those things or something.. it just a dumb rubber mold how much could it cost especially coming out of a machine making thousands an hour.. give me a break.. the cheapest ive seen them go is like 25
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 22, 2015 0:37:30 GMT -5
the cheapest ive seen them go is like 25 I'd be fine with that maybe if it was a metal one..
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Post by skateboardb617 on Nov 23, 2015 0:56:04 GMT -5
Got a HUUUUGE load the other day So, I bought two fans from another collector for 200. but he lives in another state. Lucky for me, a collector that lives in Mass. went to go visit him and brought them back with him so I wouldn't have to pay shipping. The fans are an IT Venus and an IT Zephyr. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE BOTH OF THEM. All I gotta do is figure out how to put the Venus together lol Ok. story time The major collectors of Massachusetts, that I know of (Me, Emmanuel Silva and Mark Wilson) met at my house for a fan meeting. We talked fans for a lil while before I took them to my local Habitat. Unfortunately for us, Mark, a few weeks ago, had completely cleaned out the entire store of everything ceiling fan related for 70 bucks. not a bad deal since he got a TON of stuff. So we went anyways to see if we could find anything. We found two Hunters in decent shape, a few brand new Casablanca switch housings, and a few light fitters, along with a 3/4 complete Casablanca Whitman (only missing the control and the canopy and bracket). I ended up leaving with four glasses and a light kit for a Panama I'm picking up tomorrow. After that, Mark went home to sleep. I took Emmanuel to a craigslist listing he found that was close to his house. The woman had 5 fans in her house, 2 Infinities, 2 Codep huggers, and a generic white 42" hugger. The woman wanted to charge us 30 bucks for the Infinities. But she was nice enough to let us have the 2 Infinities and 2 Codep huggers for free. So Emmanuel took the flush mounted Infiniti and a polished brass Codep hugger. I took the Infiniti with the downrod and an antique brass Codep with an integrated four arm light kit. The flush mounted Infiniti had a Low Profile light kit that I liked. So we swapped the off the light kit. So I ended up coming home with 4 new fans. I know the Venus, Codep, and Infiniti work. I've yet to test the Zephyr, but I'm pretty sure it works. Unfortuately, the most important screws were not there so I'm going to get replacements I went to church today and found out that they still have these two Nutone Slimline II's that I wanna cop
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Post by Jordan U on Nov 24, 2015 12:04:39 GMT -5
Sounds like you got a lot of good fans!
Funny,, I have relatives with the Wilson name, they're also situated in Mass.. One of them is Mark Wilson.. though I don't believe its the one you're talking about..
Have you inquired about the Slimlines? Where were they originally installed? Unfortunately it look like the blades have been spoiled but they should be fixable..
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