G'day Westinghouse, I just wanted to say, Thankyou for making great fans! Your fans are so well made. I have a Westinghouse lively aire from the 1960s-1970s from Australia/New Zealand that survived a hot attic, Sure the blades and Centre piece melted because they were plastic, But the paint stayed the same and the fan still runs.
Thank you for watching and your comment! It is very much appreciated! This was a super fun project, and I'm thrilled to have this piece of history looking good and running good! Thanks again!
Thanks for watching and commenting!! So before I disconnected any of the old wiring, I took pictures of how it was hooked up, then matched the new wiring to the pics during the rewire. Also, having a new modern polarized plug to work with, I made sure that the hot lead of the plug(narrow prong) went directly to and through the switch then to the motor, with the neutral coming directly back from the motor to the plug (wide prong). Being an AC motor though, there is no actual positive or negative like a DC motor would have.
Good job! I would've liked to have seen your painting process, though. What paint did you use and did you bake it on? Thanks for the informative video!
Thanks for watching 👀 and commenting!! I thought about videoing it. However, the painting was nothing fancy. After all the old paint was removed, I just used rattle can Rustoleum "gloss black" for the main body parts and Rustoleum "Rose Gold" for the blades and a couple of accent pieces. It matched the copper/brass parts color the closest. No baking, just air dry for a good week before assembling anything to prevent chipping or anything. After assembly, I wiped it down real good with microfiber cloths to remove fingerprints, etc.
Great job. I recently scored one of these and will need to rewire it do to fraying but it works well. Do you know the approximate value of one in very good condition?
Thank you!! Thanks for watching 👀 and commenting!! Congratulations on your find!! I'm sure you'll have fun with it. I know I thoroughly enjoyed the project and outcome! I do not know the actual value on these. Im not really a collector or anything like that. I really just thought it was an absolutely awsome looking fan when I bought it. I also bought a 16" "big brother" version of this fan to go with it. Haven't got to that yet. I did basically just enough research to acquire a little info on these particular fans to get the restoration done and have a bit of history on them. What I did gather is that these being models without actual brass blades is that they're a little bit later models and nowhere near as valuable as the ones with brass blades. I visited a few vintage fan forums during all this. It's pretty helpful. I'm sure that may help you as well. They all seemed quite friendly.
Thanks for Watching 👀 and commenting!! So I didn't really cover it in the video time's sake, mostly. I initially tried cleaning it up and soldering it. That's did not work. Ultimately, I settled on a 2 part liquid epoxy and after it hardened, lightly ground it down a bit with a dremel tool. Not perfect and if you're looking for it, you'll find it. But, it's solid, together and functions well, so I'm good with that.
I have this exact model fan. The speed coil is missing on your fan, so I'm at a loss to explain how your speed switch is functioning? My fan has the speed coil, but it was disconnected long ago. I'm trying to figure out how to use it again.
I have a later (516860a) micarta bladed one. It uses the speed coil design like you are thinking about. This one is strange indeed. Clearly it works so there must be resistors inside the switch assembly. There is no coil, it works correctly... thus a resistor based version. I don't think I've ever seen this design before on any brand. If yours is like mine, there are four connections to make. Let's name it the pivoting side and the sliding side for the switch. Head Wires: The pivot side nut is where the swing bar connects should go to the stator. The other bigger nut on the pivot side is the Neutral AND your other stator connection. Power Wires: The Neutral is connecting on the pivot side along with the one head wire as said above. The Hot should go to the "furthest from off" little screw on the sliding side of the switch. Sorry, I don't have time to look for links to media. There are one or two videos that show disassembling on TH-cam. Also, there are a few hard to find pictures if you image search. I hope yours is the same setup and my words can translate clearly to actions. Best of luck getting your fan running!
Hi! Thanks for Watching 👀 and commenting!! Don't know if you use ebay, but seems they pop up fairly regularly. Maybe you can find a parts done fan and get her running!
Thanks for watching and commenting! So this fan was produced in the United States in around the 1920's, and is no longer manufactured. It runs on 110-120 volts ac current at a frequency of 60 cycles.
Hello! Thanks for watching 👀 and for your question! The product is called Nevr-Dull made by Eagle One. You can get it just about anywhere. Local hardwares, auto parts stores, Walmart, etc...
Thanks for watching and commenting!! So, on this particular fan, there is a small thead in reservoir under the front bearing that feeds a spring-loaded Wick that makes contact with the shaft. Rear bearing lubrication is provided from the grease in the gear box case for the oscillating gears ⚙️. The front reservoir would have to be topped off with fresh oil from time to time. Frequency varies by usage.
@danconsie398 OK, so I had ordered a restoration kit from a company called Vintage Wire and Supply. In that kit was a clear 20 weight oil designed for motors and things like these fans. It's my understanding that automotive oils will damage the bearings, so stay away from those. Guess it has mostly to do with the additives... I also believe that "3 in 1" makes an oil for motors as well?
Superb job you did with that fan fantastic.
Thank you, Sir! This is definitely a beautiful fan! Well worth my effort.
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Neat video. Thanks for sharing!
G'day Westinghouse, I just wanted to say, Thankyou for making great fans! Your fans are so well made. I have a Westinghouse lively aire from the 1960s-1970s from Australia/New Zealand that survived a hot attic, Sure the blades and Centre piece melted because they were plastic, But the paint stayed the same and the fan still runs.
Very nice and neat process of restoration
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Thank you for watching and your comment! It is very much appreciated!
This was a super fun project, and I'm thrilled to have this piece of history looking good and running good!
Thanks again!
Fantastic job! Just curious, how were you able to determine the positive and negative leads from the fan motor?
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
So before I disconnected any of the old wiring, I took pictures of how it was hooked up, then matched the new wiring to the pics during the rewire.
Also, having a new modern polarized plug to work with, I made sure that the hot lead of the plug(narrow prong) went directly to and through the switch then to the motor, with the neutral coming directly back from the motor to the plug (wide prong).
Being an AC motor though, there is no actual positive or negative like a DC motor would have.
Good job!
I would've liked to have seen your painting process, though. What paint did you use and did you bake it on? Thanks for the informative video!
Thanks for watching 👀 and commenting!!
I thought about videoing it. However, the painting was nothing fancy. After all the old paint was removed, I just used rattle can Rustoleum "gloss black" for the main body parts and Rustoleum "Rose Gold" for the blades and a couple of accent pieces. It matched the copper/brass parts color the closest. No baking, just air dry for a good week before assembling anything to prevent chipping or anything. After assembly, I wiped it down real good with microfiber cloths to remove fingerprints, etc.
Great job. I recently scored one of these and will need to rewire it do to fraying but it works well. Do you know the approximate value of one in very good condition?
Thank you!!
Thanks for watching 👀 and commenting!!
Congratulations on your find!!
I'm sure you'll have fun with it. I know I thoroughly enjoyed the project and outcome!
I do not know the actual value on these. Im not really a collector or anything like that. I really just thought it was an absolutely awsome looking fan when I bought it. I also bought a 16" "big brother" version of this fan to go with it. Haven't got to that yet. I did basically just enough research to acquire a little info on these particular fans to get the restoration done and have a bit of history on them. What I did gather is that these being models without actual brass blades is that they're a little bit later models and nowhere near as valuable as the ones with brass blades. I visited a few vintage fan forums during all this. It's pretty helpful. I'm sure that may help you as well. They all seemed quite friendly.
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Did I miss how you fixed the broken housing? I didn't see that.
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So I didn't really cover it in the video time's sake, mostly. I initially tried cleaning it up and soldering it. That's did not work. Ultimately, I settled on a 2 part liquid epoxy and after it hardened, lightly ground it down a bit with a dremel tool. Not perfect and if you're looking for it, you'll find it. But, it's solid, together and functions well, so I'm good with that.
I have this exact model fan. The speed coil is missing on your fan, so I'm at a loss to explain how your speed switch is functioning? My fan has the speed coil, but it was disconnected long ago. I'm trying to figure out how to use it again.
I have a later (516860a) micarta bladed one. It uses the speed coil design like you are thinking about. This one is strange indeed. Clearly it works so there must be resistors inside the switch assembly. There is no coil, it works correctly... thus a resistor based version. I don't think I've ever seen this design before on any brand.
If yours is like mine, there are four connections to make. Let's name it the pivoting side and the sliding side for the switch.
Head Wires:
The pivot side nut is where the swing bar connects should go to the stator.
The other bigger nut on the pivot side is the Neutral AND your other stator connection.
Power Wires:
The Neutral is connecting on the pivot side along with the one head wire as said above.
The Hot should go to the "furthest from off" little screw on the sliding side of the switch.
Sorry, I don't have time to look for links to media. There are one or two videos that show disassembling on TH-cam. Also, there are a few hard to find pictures if you image search. I hope yours is the same setup and my words can translate clearly to actions. Best of luck getting your fan running!
Hi I live in California I found the exact fan. Sad news. The stand was broken I don't know if it works
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Don't know if you use ebay, but seems they pop up fairly regularly. Maybe you can find a parts done fan and get her running!
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So this fan was produced in the United States in around the 1920's, and is no longer manufactured. It runs on 110-120 volts ac current at a frequency of 60 cycles.
Hi there, what is the cleaner polish called?
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Thanks for watching 👀 and for your question!
The product is called Nevr-Dull made by Eagle One. You can get it just about anywhere. Local hardwares, auto parts stores, Walmart, etc...
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How do you oil them?
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
So, on this particular fan, there is a small thead in reservoir under the front bearing that feeds a spring-loaded Wick that makes contact with the shaft. Rear bearing lubrication is provided from the grease in the gear box case for the oscillating gears ⚙️. The front reservoir would have to be topped off with fresh oil from time to time. Frequency varies by usage.
@@ridgemeadowhobbyfarm8658 What type of oil did you refill the reservoir with?
@danconsie398 OK, so I had ordered a restoration kit from a company called Vintage Wire and Supply. In that kit was a clear 20 weight oil designed for motors and things like these fans. It's my understanding that automotive oils will damage the bearings, so stay away from those. Guess it has mostly to do with the additives...
I also believe that "3 in 1" makes an oil for motors as well?