Mechanical Moron + Hammer & Chisel Mechanic tag-team an antique Robbins & Myers Hunter Desktop fan!

[@hsimpson6581]

there is nothing you can't fix !! you are like a genius !

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

I try. Just have had to make-do with old stuff most of my life. You gotta learn, as they say.

[@ilgfanman]

Wow it really make me wonder what on earth would ever make someone do such stupid and crazy things to any piece of machinery. I bet that fan was probably working just fine before they got into it lol. Glad to see you have got it back up and running again!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

The only thing I can tell is they "rewired" part of it, using duct tape. The head wire was insulated with duct tape inside the motor, so they had disassembled it for that. The rotor was still a good solid press-fit on the shaft; so they must have used a press or very large vise to move it. One theory I have is that they felt the need to replace the shaft, and somehow obtained a shaft with no rotor, or "thought" the rotor was part of their problem and swapped it. Either way, I try not to think too much about it because you can't understand the actions of idiots. Even the idiot doesn't understand what they are doing; after all.

[@jeremyvoshage2410]

Beautiful Old Fan. Glad you could save it!

[@nathanielreid4967]

thanks for showing 👍👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@ScoutCrafter]

That was awesome! Great fix!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks!

[@fordmuscleluis9710]

I'm glad you got this antique Robbins & Myers fan running again I can't wait to see more videos soon such as getting the blades balanced

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks! I'm not sure about the blade. May be trading some work for that job, getting done by someone with the correct tools to do it.

[@douro20]

@@davida1hiwaaynet It's not terribly difficult to balance a desk fan. I usually use sticky tape on the back of the blade to do it.

[@colin_5839]

That's crazy! Never seen anything like that before!! Gotta wonder what they were thinking lol!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

I would say not thinking much at all.....

[@AmericanLocomotive1]

Those 16" Hunter fans are good units. I have a "CG-16" and a "CG-16 ½". Hunter seemed to use two different motors, a 0.7A and 0.5A, as my two fans have different currents. Both fans on high actually spin within a few RPM of each other. The main differences are that the 0.7A fan spins up very quickly, while the 0.5A takes longer. Additionally, there is hardly any difference between the 3 speeds on the 0.7A motor, while the 0.5A motor has 3 very distinct speeds.

[@wickedxe]

About 15 years ago someone was taking a piss in the separate toilet at mums place. The exhaust fan was running when all of a sudden the fan blades with the shaft fell straight down and hit the floor; on this particular occasion the rotor stayed in the fan motor and the shaft + blades fell out. Never seen it happen before or since

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

That's hilarious!

[@hunterfarmer3588]

My hunter century wouldn’t run at all until I replaced all of the head wire one was broken somewhere runs grate now

[@kc5gym]

I have one of those in the "round tuit" stash. It runs, but vibrates to the extent that it will walk off the table.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

They are good fans unless something happens to them. The blades are delicate, as with most of these vintage fans. Hope you are able to get your straightened out easily.

[@ManRCmilher1111]

Perhaps the previous owner decided the worm gear end of the shaft was what the fan blades were supposed to hold on to. For the worm gear side to stick far enough from the front of the motor, the rotor had to be moved back as far as possible. The chisel marks could be from the blade's set screw. At any rate, I guess we've got to admire some people's motivation to make things work.

[@RG-li5zq]

Hope the fan has a blade guard.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

It does. I had all that off the fan in order to work on it easier. The guard and badge on the front are actually in very nice shape.

[@JohnSmith-mw2hh]

Nice salami slicer 😆

[@builtbydylan8315]

Are those cadillac cimarans? Or buicks?

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Buick

[@builtbydylan8315]

@@davida1hiwaaynet the 3800 motor?

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

@@builtbydylan8315 Dylan, the two Buick Centurys have the 3.8L engine, LG3 model. They were before the 3800 naming and the balance shaft inclusion in the engine. Both of these have had some modifications done. They are both turbocharged.

[@ForestWoodworks]

Picked up a fan at an antique shop a couple months back and CANNOT WAIT to get into the resto. I will be totally referencing yours and some others' videos when it's time. Glad this worked out... did you ever post an update on it?

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Glad you found a good fan to restore! They are still out there. This fan was something my mom found. I repaired it for her and she used it all summer!

[@billsmith1770]

hon , junior got into your tools today , so we need a new fan .

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

LOL!

[@billsmith1770]

@@davida1hiwaaynet where ya been so long ? sent you some spare crosley shelf bottoms and racks a few months ago , but forgot to include the note that told what they were from . hope you can use them in the future . thanks for helping me get mine purring again .

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

@@billsmith1770 Hi there. I did get the parts you sent! I really appreciate those items but have not had a chance to put them to use. I have been involved with my "real job" heavily in the past several months. It's hard to predict when I will be able to work on hobby projects.

[@kevclar]

Nice save.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks!

[@joehead1294]

Old car collection in the background? Fans have left hand threads on the screws?

[@adamw225]

Love the title

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Thanks!

[@gelo1238]

That is insane haha Do you have wideo about this big fan on the back?

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

I do, actually. There are 5 parts to that fan's video series, so be sure to look in the description of each segment for the link to the next segments of the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJyUlauwgZaGftE

[@gelo1238]

@@davida1hiwaaynet Thank you!

[@MillersMotors]

you don't suppose it was dropped? I have seen that exact amount of movement from shipping mishaps..

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

There is always that chance. If a drop did move the rotor along the shaft like that, it would have had to have been with another blade and cage. There would be no way the blade and cage were in the condition they are in after that. Also this is a pot-metal casing fan so I would expect more damage to the housing and neck area. The press fit was still very good, as well, so it would have had to be a very hard drop! It's possible that another similar fan was dropped and destroyed, leaving the rotor in the wrong position; and then the Mechanical Moron transferred the shaft with the off-position rotor to this motor for some reason. I just don't know.

[@madmanmapper]

tbh i just fucked up a radiator fan motor like that. The fan blade was so hopelessly stuck on the end of the shaft that I used an air hammer to knock the shaft through it. While I took every precaution, the shock pushed the motor shaft through the armature winding as well. But the commutator didn't move, so it kind of crushed the ends of the windings. Good thing those motors are only like $30 and easily replaced lol.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Oh yeah. I can imagine. DC motor armatures are a lot more delicate! I recently had a vintage radiator fan motor from 1987 need service. The blade has a steel hub cast into the plastic blade. I had to cut some grooves into the sides of the hub to attach a gear puller.

[@kenb1918]

Another case of someone that should not be playing with tools or pieces of equipment!

[@brianlubeck4184]

Someone did not know what they were doing

[@Arabia_coffee_shop]

❤️

[@SamZarifYT]

It’s nice that whoever owned it tried to repair it, but their “repair” has to be the dumbest one I’ve seen. The fan would’ve been in better condition in a junk yard!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

LOL yeah they definitely weren't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree!

[@douro20]

I hope you didn't pay too much for it.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Hardly anything. My mom bought it at an antiques shop after talking them way, way down.

[@horacerumpole6912]

Just plain weird...