Vintage Fan Restoration Time Lapse

Video Description

Purchased this small fan from a local antique shop. The cord was completely gone and unsafe to test. Visibly the fan had a broken mounting bolt from the top of the cage. Paint was in poor shape and the fan didn't turn well by hand. After disassembly, I found that the wiring on the inside of the fan was also broken and needed to be repaired. Once all of the parts were cleaned and painted the faulty wiring was cut off the coil. A new set of wires going to the brushes were soldered in as well as the new power cord. The Grommets were replaced as the one in the base was rotted away and the one for the fan housing was simply missing. Once rewired The fan was reassembled. At first I found that the fan was running backwards (not shown in video) Turns out I reversed the two brush wires, after taking the fan back apart and fixing the fan now turns the correct way. It definitely needs new bushings and the fan blade balanced. I currently have no way of making the bushing but will likely return to do this once i have a small shop lathe. Overall, I am very happy with how the fan turned out. I Attempted to clean up the badge on the front of the fan and ended up making it worse (Only disappointment of this restoration) One interesting thing to note. The brushes are housed in a brass sleeve that has a brass screw exposed on either side of the back fan housing. This is a shock hazard, If anyone were to touch both sides of the fan or instinctively pick it up from the back of the housing where it actually feels very comfortably to do so, they would get shocked. Fan was purchased for $40.67 Materials used Black spray paint Gold Spray paint Wiring Replacement electrical cord Heat shrink Solder Air tool oil Grommets Restoration time took approximately 5 hours including recording time. Thanks for watching and please support my channel by subscribing!!