Well I picked up this 1920 General Electric AOU 12' Oscillating fan for cheap off Facebook Marketplace and figured it deserved a restoration and that I would take you guys along for the ride! Hope you enjoyed!
That turned out great, bro! The dark Hunter has a great look. Nicely color matched(close enough), without the baby puke green we see on some restos. Thank you for the shout out on the paint technique and assistance. You know I always got your back and wouldn't recommend anything I haven't done. The final result is one to be proud of! Even though we are spoiled with pre-1910 fans(your tank for instance), the AOU is hard to beat. That and Emmy 29646s. So glad you are helping keep these old beauties for around another 100+ years!!! Apologies for not getting to this sooner. You know the situation, but I made sure to take the time to properly praise the work you did. I like that you stick with it until done. Too many people get overwhelmed and never finish theirs. Keep it up, bro! 🤜🤛 🍻
Thanks Alex! That means a lot hearing that from you! Yeah my pleasure man! I will always give shout outs to those who help me! :) They really are solid fans! This one just needs some fiber washers in the gear box at some point because it does make a little noise but other than that it's an incredible runner and runs great! And no worries about the response time! I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video at all LOL! That's the plan! :) Thanks for Watching!
Very nice fan. I found a rusted up one at an antique shop once like yours but it had the star wheels & was a steel blade fan. I fully restored it & sold it later, I really didn't have a good spot for it. The hardest part was replicating the curved cage wires as a lot of them were cracked were they were coiled around the hoop part. I had to drive some heavy nails into my workbench to make a bending jig for the new wire. Smooth running fan when it was done, wish I didn't get get rid of it as well as an oliver batwing typewriter but oh well. It was all going to be a part of a steampunk/retro computer desk Idea I had. Start with a hidden popup typewriter desk & build your computer in an old radio case. The flat screen monitor would be in mabie a slimmed down tv case or picture frame & the mouse made out of an old telegraph set. Also somehow wire up the typewriter to do keyboard things.😁✌👍
Thanks! Ohh very cool! It was likely a wartime production 2 star if it had the wrapped cage with stamped steel blades! That's very cool that you were able to repair the cage. That's not something very many people do! And man that sounds like an awesome desk idea! PC in an old radio case would be sooooo cool! I might have to try and replicate something like that someday!!! Thanks for Watching!
Thanks! Yeah these old GE fans always have TERRIBLE motor hum to them when they run! Luckily with this one and my AOU the hum is consistent when it runs, however, certain fans like my Vortalex it changes pitch as it runs and it drives me crazy!!! Thanks for Watching!
Absolutely stunning job Colin! That fan came out beautiful! I kinda like the "aged" brass look with that green it really compliments it nicely. Thanks for sharing buddy!
Very nice work Colin... I've been wanting to get one of these old vintage fans... Maybe if you have one that you would like to sell, I'd be happy to take one off your hands... A friend had one years ago and the bushings were wearing out and it had the best sound ever... It would put you to sleep 💤 in 5 minutes of listening to it.. C thx for bringing us along and you take care my friend...
That was a nicely done restoration. I still have the Safe Flex fan over here from my stepfather. I'll have to tear her down and do some maintenance on it.
I have the 16 inch variation. It is also very cosmetically rough and the blade is a little bit bent up. Also, it has a busted grill. But I got a replacement grill for it. I plan to fix the blade and guard and do the wiring but leave the cosmetics alone. I kind of like the faded glory appearance..
Very nice restoration! A few years ago I bought GE Fan off ebay with the brass fan cage and blades that dates between 1910 to 1914. Unfortunately the wires were cut going to the head. I am pretty good with electrical but I had a difficult time finding exact wiring diagrams for a fan of this era. My fan has what looks like a transformer in the base of the fan. I really would like to see if the fan runs before I start restoring it. Currently its been sitting in a box in the closet for a few years. Can anyone tell me a good website with detailed information on the exact wiring for a fan of this generation? I've watched every TH-cam video i could find on these early fans but couldn't find anything that showed me how to wire it from scratch. Once I see that it runs it will be a huge motivation to continue with the restoration. Any advice or links to wiring schematics is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks!! Ohh neat! As for the wiring I'm not entirely sure if there are any dedicated wiring diagrams out there, however you can figure out which wire is which with a multimeter. The "transformer" in the base is actually the speed coil. Most are just glorified resistors, but some do in fact work slightly differently ( I know Westinghouse had some more complicated ones for example) Start by looking at the tag and seeing what model the fan is and I bet we can figure something out from there!
That turned out great, bro! The dark Hunter has a great look. Nicely color matched(close enough), without the baby puke green we see on some restos.
Thank you for the shout out on the paint technique and assistance. You know I always got your back and wouldn't recommend anything I haven't done.
The final result is one to be proud of!
Even though we are spoiled with pre-1910 fans(your tank for instance), the AOU is hard to beat. That and Emmy 29646s.
So glad you are helping keep these old beauties for around another 100+ years!!!
Apologies for not getting to this sooner. You know the situation, but I made sure to take the time to properly praise the work you did. I like that you stick with it until done. Too many people get overwhelmed and never finish theirs.
Keep it up, bro! 🤜🤛 🍻
Thanks Alex! That means a lot hearing that from you! Yeah my pleasure man! I will always give shout outs to those who help me! :) They really are solid fans! This one just needs some fiber washers in the gear box at some point because it does make a little noise but other than that it's an incredible runner and runs great! And no worries about the response time! I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video at all LOL! That's the plan! :) Thanks for Watching!
Very nice fan. I found a rusted up one at an antique shop once like yours but it had the star wheels & was a steel blade fan. I fully restored it & sold it later, I really didn't have a good spot for it. The hardest part was replicating the curved cage wires as a lot of them were cracked were they were coiled around the hoop part. I had to drive some heavy nails into my workbench to make a bending jig for the new wire. Smooth running fan when it was done, wish I didn't get get rid of it as well as an oliver batwing typewriter but oh well. It was all going to be a part of a steampunk/retro computer desk Idea I had. Start with a hidden popup typewriter desk & build your computer in an old radio case. The flat screen monitor would be in mabie a slimmed down tv case or picture frame & the mouse made out of an old telegraph set. Also somehow wire up the typewriter to do keyboard things.😁✌👍
Thanks! Ohh very cool! It was likely a wartime production 2 star if it had the wrapped cage with stamped steel blades! That's very cool that you were able to repair the cage. That's not something very many people do! And man that sounds like an awesome desk idea! PC in an old radio case would be sooooo cool! I might have to try and replicate something like that someday!!! Thanks for Watching!
Cool green color and i like the humming sound that it was making. Like the blade looks with its shine i enjoyed the video
Thanks! Yeah these old GE fans always have TERRIBLE motor hum to them when they run! Luckily with this one and my AOU the hum is consistent when it runs, however, certain fans like my Vortalex it changes pitch as it runs and it drives me crazy!!! Thanks for Watching!
@@colin_5839 lol your welcome can't wait to see the next fan video soon
Absolutely stunning job Colin! That fan came out beautiful! I kinda like the "aged" brass look with that green it really compliments it nicely.
Thanks for sharing buddy!
Thanks Topher!! Yeah me too! That's why I'm not too worried about the brass loosing a little of its shine lol. Thanks for Watching!
Man, that came out nice. And the color is awesome!
Thanks! Yeah I'm very happy with it! :) Thanks for Watching!
Awesome job Colin looks real good 👍 thx for the vid
Thanks Kevin! My pleasure!
Very nice work Colin... I've been wanting to get one of these old vintage fans... Maybe if you have one that you would like to sell, I'd be happy to take one off your hands...
A friend had one years ago and the bushings were wearing out and it had the best sound ever... It would put you to sleep 💤 in 5 minutes of listening to it..
C thx for bringing us along and you take care my friend...
Thanks! I might have one or 2 I'd let go but nothing nearly as old as this one.... Haha thats awesome! My pleasure! Thanks for Watching!
Beautiful job Colin!
Thanks!!
That was a nicely done restoration. I still have the Safe Flex fan over here from my stepfather. I'll have to tear her down and do some maintenance on it.
Thanks! :) Ohh neat! What size is it? Thanks for Watching!
@@colin_5839 It's a smaller one, I think about 12 someodd inch.
Nice job! Best one yet 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Bono! Just wait! There's plenty more to come! :)
Amazing, man!!
Thanks Mike!
I have the 16 inch variation. It is also very cosmetically rough and the blade is a little bit bent up. Also, it has a busted grill. But I got a replacement grill for it.
I plan to fix the blade and guard and do the wiring but leave the cosmetics alone. I kind of like the faded glory appearance..
Sweet! Hey as long as it isnt rusty then go for it! Sometimes a patina finish is pretty cool! Thanks for Watching!
I can imagine you in 80 years like, 60 Years ago, "I completely resorted that fan over there"
HAHAHA! Yeah that will be me lol!
@@colin_5839 Lol.
Very nice restoration! A few years ago I bought GE Fan off ebay with the brass fan cage and blades that dates between 1910 to 1914. Unfortunately the wires were cut going to the head. I am pretty good with electrical but I had a difficult time finding exact wiring diagrams for a fan of this era. My fan has what looks like a transformer in the base of the fan. I really would like to see if the fan runs before I start restoring it. Currently its been sitting in a box in the closet for a few years. Can anyone tell me a good website with detailed information on the exact wiring for a fan of this generation? I've watched every TH-cam video i could find on these early fans but couldn't find anything that showed me how to wire it from scratch. Once I see that it runs it will be a huge motivation to continue with the restoration. Any advice or links to wiring schematics is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks!! Ohh neat! As for the wiring I'm not entirely sure if there are any dedicated wiring diagrams out there, however you can figure out which wire is which with a multimeter. The "transformer" in the base is actually the speed coil. Most are just glorified resistors, but some do in fact work slightly differently ( I know Westinghouse had some more complicated ones for example) Start by looking at the tag and seeing what model the fan is and I bet we can figure something out from there!