My Dayton hassock fan which is very similar to your Sears hassock fan. I inherited it from my grandparents. It is older and all metal. I presumed it had "Oilite" sintered bronze bushings that need 20 weight non-detergent oil. Mine has the oil ports but the old felt was dried up and hard and would not accept oil. I disassembled the fan, replaced the old felt with new wool felt, and soaked new oil soaked into the new, absorbent felt. With fresh oil, the fan motor is much cooler! Thank you for posting this video.
@kr25132 жыл бұрын
I bought one of these from "army salvation " for $9.99 2 years ago. Tested it out it worked but shook a lot. Got it home the fan blades were splitting off oh boy. I measured the fan diameter and ebay had a clear fan blade for maybe $5 from China. Turns out ebay has A LOT of fan blades! This thing had been hit somehow found all the little grill pieces at the bottom. Used an adhesive called plastic surgery and patiently glued the pieces where they go repairing bad splits along the way. I've got 14 hours in gluing it back together strategically and properly. Assembling it right now found your video to make sure I'm remembering it all correctly. Didn't know about the oil holes thanks! Thank you for doing this! I have a few models of Lasko galaxy fans they just don't fail!
@stormyday57323 жыл бұрын
i just bought a hassock fan exactly like this for $5 at a garage sale and it works great! quickly grown to be my favorite fan around the house
@VacTech13 жыл бұрын
They work so well. During the summer, I use mine in tandem with my AC, and it does a great job circulating cold air around my living room.
@TheRealKissyRee2 ай бұрын
Wow, this is nostalgic!
@VacTech12 ай бұрын
Awesome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hassock fans are great, this one still works perfectly after the restore.
@kimgutierrez2123 жыл бұрын
Found mine in the trash as I was walking out of the flea market. It's the best fan I've ever owned. Not safe around small kids or curious pets. A few of the slats on mine are broken and my 4 month old kitten got her head caught inside. Thank goodness it was turned off. Both of my kittens don't come anywhere near the fan. Mine is a peachy brown all over including the feet. It did make a rattling sound at first when I plugged it in but, I gave it a good whack and now it runs smoothly.
@VacTech13 жыл бұрын
Hey glad you're happy with yours! If the grille is broken, make sure to keep your pets safe.
@tenderpawsm473 Жыл бұрын
Grandparents had a hassock fan like this one (a Freshndaire) and an older GE. This newer one eventually started smoking one night as they were using it. I guess it was good that they were watching it and not using it while sleeping. They always said they trusted the newer fan more than the older one, but ironically, the newer one stopped working first. What made me nervous was that there was nothing protecting the motor (on the bottom) and it would get warm. If the fan was sitting on a carpet, this design wasn't an ideal situation. However, it looks like you did a really nice job cleaning out this beast.
@noahbones12214 жыл бұрын
I’m fan collector. got tons of desk/box/ceiling fans but no hassock fans lol seems pretty early 80s, i have a sears/lasko 2150 desk fan of a similar logo thats likely from the same time. might have a similar motor thats a pretty nice fan. probably got plenty of life left in it
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
I think early 80's sounds right. Thanks, it's a nice fan, works very well. I definitely appreciate the build quality and power of vintage fans, and I own a number of them.
@samsimington5563 Жыл бұрын
I don't know what but something about the squeaking noise the fan made when it slid across the desk gave me chills 🥶😬
@VacTech1 Жыл бұрын
At a certain point in the vid, or just in general? I wanna hear what you're talking about haha.
@samsimington5563 Жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 Both
@kathylewis75434 жыл бұрын
Cute the test it didn't explode!!!Lol! Wow im impressed!Great job!
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
Haha Thank you very much!
@kathylewis75434 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 So welcome! I get brave sometimes and take things apart to attempt to fix them I have about a 95% success rate working on that 100% lol!
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
@@kathylewis7543 I think I have the same success rate lol! Repairing anything is a learning experience, but if it needs it, it's always worth a shot!
@noahbones12214 жыл бұрын
Old Sears/Lakewood/Laskos run forever
@grandtheftauto12333 жыл бұрын
Great now I want one of these fans! Cool video
@RockNRoller66 Жыл бұрын
I'm working on one a bit older and I found out the hard way the nut holding the blade is threaded backwards (righty-loosey' lefty-tighty). From what I'm seeing yours is the same way. Do you find that unusual and how can I get the nut off there now it's threaded in the original spot without trashing the bolt stem threads above it, which would make installing the donor blade nearly impossible? It seems I would only have one shot at doing it right.
@Bobbythefanman3 жыл бұрын
I have one of those mine has metal blades but they are really cool
@safepethaven4 жыл бұрын
My paternal grandfather loved his hassock fan, circa late 1950s but was not that Lasko brand, and was all metal, not plastic except for maybe glider feet or a big glider ring underneath. That was before the era of the Lazyboy recliners, only the overstuffed chairs in the den and for tall men [like everyone in my family] they needed a taller footstool/leg rest near their "reading chair." Even my mat. grandma's siblings my great-uncle born in 1905, and my great-aunt born 1908 were 6'5" and 6'1" respectively, quite rare for the times. But ever the character, my grandma, barely 5'2" said: "Well I'd be tall too if I was just 'rolled out' ". She was made to feel short and fat but she wasn't; broad shoulders and long legs just a short torso so was short stature by comparison. She and my mom and I all had loooong "Rockettes" legs. LOL. No real benefit in life, just carried us to places walked to, a little faster! Buying pantyhose that fit back in the day was impossible! Thanks for the fond hassock memory! I guess in my rambling I should have mentioned that the grandfather that had the hassock fan lived on the US/Mexican border, without central or even window a/c units so keeping cool in the tropical heat/humidity nearly year round was tough. After a long day of hot, physically hard work, he would find a comfy chair and read and rest. Too bad my grandma never got to do the same -- sit down and rest after working all day at a fish processing factory, then housework once home through meal preps and ironing all clothing all in a very hot kitchen.
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
Lol I love that. What a nice story. Hassock fans are definitely great to keep you comfortable, and the ottoman/table functionality is a great bonus.
@raymondquaites85602 жыл бұрын
Where can I find a replacement blade for that fan
@EvanJS20054 жыл бұрын
Your back
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
Yep! Stay tuned for more content. Got tons of stuff lined up!
@EvanJS20054 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 I’m ready
@nicko59454 жыл бұрын
Didn’t realize that some now sells retrobrite solution. It’s literally just a high percentage hydrogen peroxide. You can buy the stuff yourself and mix it with a little xanthan gum to create a cream or just use it plain in a liquid bath. The key is to find a high percentage mix. Most store peroxide is only single digit percentage peroxide. Ideally you want 40% or more. You can buy a brand called salon care on amazon and it’s 40%. You can buy it in a ready made cream or in liquid form for a peroxide bath. Should probably save you quite a bit of money too because I’m guessing that tub wasn’t cheap.
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the valuable advice. I have plenty of plastic products that could use a refresher, so I will absolutely try your recommendations! Thanks again!
@nicko59454 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 happy to help. I’ve been doing it for years and it always very rewarding to get a vacuum looking like new. Last thing I’ll recommend is going with the salon care 40% in liquid form. Then you can put you plastic part in a clear bin and fill it up with water until the piece is submerged. Then mix in the peroxide and (the amount will vary based on the amount of water) cover the bin with a clear lid or plastic wrap. On a clear warm day you can go from extremely discolored to like new in 8 hours. Just make sure to turn the piece so it gets UV evenly. You can even substitute the sun with a UV lamp if you don’t live in a sunny area of the country.
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
@@nicko5945 Fascinating! So you use that Salon Care liquid mixed in with a tub of water, with the parts submerged in water. I've never seen that before, but based on your helpful advice, I look forward to trying it. Do you bother masking the vacuum's stickers or graphics? Does the process affect them?
@nicko59454 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 yep, that’s exactly what I do. Though again if you are only using regular grocery store peroxide, it will take forever because it’s not powerful enough. The real reason why I do this, other than it being extremely easy, is that is leaves no marbling. The cream is very hard to put on evenly and can actually brighten up plastic unevenly resulting in dark and light spots which can totally ruin a piece. The bath results in totally uniform results. The one problem is it can ruin stickers specifically. Generally it doesn’t hurt decals though. I just did a Sebo C3 a week ago for example and the logos weren’t discolored at all. It’s actually much more forgiving than the cream but I wouldn’t use this method if you are trying to preserve a paper sticker. If the sticker is a plastic type sticker than all you need to do is mask it over with tape and you will be just fine. Again though it’s very forgiving because you can check it every hour or so without unwrapping it to make sure there is no damage. All you have to do is simply remove the piece from the solution. Once you are done just hose it off and you are all set. It’s also works well with colored plastic. My blue concept one had yellowed which turned it green. After a retrobrite bath it was restored back to its original blue.
@nicko59454 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 also last thing that may help. There is a fairly large KZbin channel called “The 8-bit Guy”. If you search his channel for retrobrite, he did an entire series on different methods including mine. He explains it very well and it’s worth a watch if you want to ever try it.
@sethm84323 жыл бұрын
I'm just trying to get mine apart to clean the fan. The screws on the bottom won't budge, but I'm only using a screwdriver. I'm scared to use a drill because because don't want to strip it..
@VacTech13 жыл бұрын
Yeah you wanna' be careful not to crack the plastic the screws go into as well. Mine took some effort to break loose. Good luck! Hope you have a good hassock fan there.
@sethm84323 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 Oh I do! Same exact one as yours, with a strong will to keep working for many years. How much strength did your drill take to get them out? Just being cautious because these things seem quite rare nowadays.
@VacTech13 жыл бұрын
@@sethm8432 I kept the torque on the cordless drill pretty low. I had to raise it slightly to break the screws loose though. Just be careful, and gradually raise the setting until they start to turn.
@walteralter90614 жыл бұрын
Any chance you would know a source for a replacement 3 wire transformer off a Kisco hassock fan GE 67G940?
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I don't.
@Bunkysworkshop4 жыл бұрын
Awesome job indeed. So are you coming over and helping with my vacs and fans ?
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
Sounds fun!
@Bunkysworkshop4 жыл бұрын
@@VacTech1 I also have a front load washer that I’m going to replace the bearings as well. I don’t know where about you live but we could get together and do some repairs. Do some cool videos and maybe create a great friendship.
@VacTech14 жыл бұрын
@@Bunkysworkshop sure, send me an email at vactechyt@gmail.com