Vintage fan restoration project

[archipirata]

Before and after.

1 old rusty, dusty, grimy fan bought for $20, a can of rocket red paint and about 3 hours work.

[miK.]

Sweet!

[Uncle Wig]

Old fans are a lot of fun. What color was it before? What make? Looks like a Vornado knockoff.

[archipirata]

Dominion Electric Corp. Mansfield, OH. The before pic is the original color, sort of a greenish off-white.

[archipirata]

The actually have one of the same model in blue on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Dominion...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cc6ffd7b3#ht_500wt_1099

[space-time]

"before" is not a fan; it's some scattered parts on a table. You took the "before" picture after you took it apart?

[M>B>]

In the spirit of the Antique Road Show, "Had you not restored it it would be worth a fortune."

Nice Job!

[Mac-A-Matic]

LIKE!

[davester]

That's beautiful. I'm always restoring old things. I restored a 1950s O'Keefe and Merritt stove (which I just used for cooking some salmon) and I'm currently in the process of reassembling the engine of my dad's MG. The new stuff is all throwaway. The age of classic appliances, cars, and the like is over.

[mrbigstuff]

I've got one of these hanging around for at least a dozen years to refurbish (the backside of these is a white paint that gets a bit like your original fan). I'm thinking a quartz movement so I can use it anywhere but haven't been able to bring myself to take it apart.