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| Imitation is the best form of flattery! | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 12:33 am |
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Malcolm MacGregor AFCA Member
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 All, I bought this fan on eBay about 6 months ago. Feeling some antique fan snobbery I reluctantly started working on this fan. I searched this forum and saw this picture posted but member John Fengel back n 2008 I contacted John. See John’s picture  Well he has been a very nice gentleman and has helped me copy his vision. After weeks, I have almost completed the project.    So thank you John! I’m going complete this soon. I must admit this fan is very difficult to reassemble. Malcolm MacGregor Attached Image (viewed 143 times):
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 01:27 am |
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Noah Britt AFCA Member 
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That's a stunning job you did on that fan!! It would've been a crime to repaint it with the drab pinkish-brown color it originally had. Last edited on Thu Jan 14th, 2021 01:27 am by Noah Britt |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 01:40 am |
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Brice Nagelmaker AFCA Member
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Awesome job on that! I have a later model with the plastic blade in the grunge pink.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 02:18 am |
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John Fengel AFCA Member 
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Good job Malcolm! Great looking fan. Glad I could help out!! John
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 01:30 pm |
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Patrick Ray AFCA Member 
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Very nice work! I've always loved the look of polishing the fins on the motor housing on these fans. Their design just begs for that extra touch.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 02:28 pm |
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Tom Zapf AFCA Member
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THEY SURE BOTH LOOK GREAT !
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 05:53 pm |
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Malcolm MacGregor AFCA Member
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My fan had a plastic blade too. I searched Ebay until I found a -3 model with t he metal blade. The fan didn’t operate but the blade is good and it didn’t cost that much !
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14th, 2021 08:50 pm |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member 
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I've got a 12LA4 LivelyAire that has a metal blade that's similar to the blade you have on your fan curently mine is a 12" two speed model, from about the late 40's or early 50's. Mine was brown with a tan metal blade with a brown middle cap on the blade. Last edited on Thu Jan 14th, 2021 08:51 pm by Levi Mevis |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15th, 2021 01:04 am |
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Malcolm MacGregor AFCA Member
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Well, if you have a metal blade for sure, strip it down and polish that aluminum with a good metal polish. I used Mother’s Mag/Aluminum polish, no buffing wheel in my garage 🤛
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15th, 2021 01:49 am |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member
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Malcolm MacGregor wrote: Well, if you have a metal blade for sure, strip it down and polish that aluminum with a good metal polish. I used Mother’s Mag/Aluminum polish, no buffing wheel in my garage 🤛 I prefer to keep my fans looking as original as possible.  I'm what you would call a purist. 
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