While wandering flea markets looking for nixies, or things I can put nixies in, or things I can take apart to use in a clock, I came across an actual bona fide bargain for something completely different that I had always wanted. A vintage fan! I thought some of you might be interested (I know at least one other person who likes both, so there must be more right?) so here are some photos. Amazingly the fan actually worked. It looked like it was actively being used in a carpenters workshop right up until they decided to sell it. It was spotted with paint and choked with sawdust, but mechanically it had been looked after. I took it apart, cleaned it up and re-wired it (the head wire was original and fraying). The only thing that doesn't work is the oscillator, and I can't find any way in to that.
BTW, the thing blows a gale, even at half speed - yes the speed selector works, though the lever has broken off. These photos were taken over several weeks: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2RslA8KJvfg/WVV1oENdaPI/AAAAAAAAAmA/ffJQw4JB8CIPLSZWZ4SH1_gg4o3ZcPLNgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f3IPOu3Nufg/WVV1-BnAuLI/AAAAAAAAAmI/UW7f58-IqBYvQnLhbLOrh7j5af5VXHIyACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1531.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a6Yq6nRIekY/WVV13Jaw5gI/AAAAAAAAAmE/u8baPl8iiq8sbj6TVrVa72xCmI1Arx5IACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1530.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vrIhrJIK0q8/WVV2Gsu8CrI/AAAAAAAAAmM/VQ5yOAUTZws4iEQEJr9dqxbETDofqSFegCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1559.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7pbwRaqEV-Q/WVV2QB4w4KI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/RNbsdivjkwYBcydTWENrf_QHxeTyZ51gACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4YOx6qSxq6Q/WVV2Vy9Nk-I/AAAAAAAAAmU/zZijkpzBeREhuXrQ1DhLUGtf_miQSqygQCLcBGAs/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/24aeac01-25af-48fb-8988-d6fa63dc6e68%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
