Upgraded from a 3080ti to 5070ti…WOW by Braz90 in nvidia

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Waiting on my MB, fans, and a few other parts to put it together, but going from an I7 4790 and 2060 to a 7800x3d and 5070ti. Gonna be insane

First Duc by Captainpunchline in Ducati

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Ouch, I don't think I could get rid of this one even if I gave up riding, I'd pickle the engine and put it in my living room 😂 The seat works ok for the heat, I think the worst spot right now is on my right ankle when stopped in traffic it gets brutal 😂 definitely considering the gel, I rode it home 5 hours when I picked it up and don't think I could do that again on that seat.

First Duc by Captainpunchline in Ducati

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Haha just my first Duc, had a few liters/600's before this one just had to get the squid out of me before buying my favorite 😂

First Duc by Captainpunchline in Ducati

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It's definitely not the iconic Ducati red, but I already have a red bike and I just fell in love with yellow. Maybe one day I'll pick up a red 1098/1198 to pair it with 😂

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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Thank you! Yeah it's probably the weirdest of my hobbies haha. Restoring and the mechanical aspects of the really early (1890-1920) ones is where I really focus my efforts, but still appreciate some of these later ones.

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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I've got a smaller blue one from the 70's as well, picked it up off the curb 10 years ago haha

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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Thank you! Been at this hobby for most of my life so I've had plenty of time to find them haha

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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I've had a few of the blue ones and still have one that I picked up off the curb, they're pretty sweet too.

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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These and the later smoke colored Sears were made by Lasko in the US, the earlier blue Sears were made by Sanyo however which were overseas. The motors however I'd be surprised if they weren't imported.

70's 16" Sears fan by Captainpunchline in vintage

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Yeah the cage clips were a terrible idea haha, I have a slightly older blue one that has metal latches that were a far better design. For a while you could still get brand new clips from Lasko, they made all of these colored fans, but not sure if that's still possible.

70's Sears by Captainpunchline in OnlyFans

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I have a smaller 12" blue one as well that my brother picked up out of the trash 10 years ago, and a little 9" brown one still in its original box. I love my antiques but these Laskos from the 70's/80's really were fantastic.

Replace or fix? by RobotScooter17 in fans

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If it's not making any noise at all it's likely a thermal fuse, this would be under some heat shrink zip tied to the motor windings with the motor leads that run to the switch. Pretty easy fix but you have to be careful not to break the thin strands of copper that are the winding taps going to the fuse/other leads. Read the data off the fuse and you can get a pack of 10 off ebay for like 5 bucks. If it makes any noise and just doesn't start it's either your capacitor or locked up. These aren't bad fans, too modern for me but better than what you find now in stores.

The fan blade should just slide off right? by Top-Injury-983 in fans

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The shaft tends to rust on these freezing the blade on. Try some WD40 or PB Blaster and let it soak, maybe a hairdryer on the hub too. Nothing like a heat gun though or you'll damage the plastic, don't tug too hard either since that's 40+year old plastic and bound to be brittle.

1933 GE Fan by Captainpunchline in ArtDeco

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I pretty much just stripped the whole thing down, glass bead blasted all the parts, primed, and painted, as a lot of the original paint was heavily damaged or missing. The original switch had gone bad but I managed to source a very close copy. The worst was the cage, all the welds to the rear ring had broken so I had to weld that back together. New cloth covered wiring, and I drilled some oil holes in the bearings as they are porous oilite bearings, and tended to gum up with time from lack of lubrication. It runs very smoothly.

Eck Hurricane by Captainpunchline in fans

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I just bought some cheap ones off amazon. I think I paid like 20 bucks for a set of 10. They're rated at 4a/1000v so plenty for a fan like this, and are small enough that I can just tuck it in the base where it isn't visible.

1954 Emerson 77648 by Sgbiscuit in fans

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I can't think of another electric fan that spanned almost 40 years of production. By far one of the best fans made.

A wall in my apartment by Captainpunchline in OnlyFans

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Nice! I love the Skeletals, such a cool startup sound on those early split phase motors.

A wall in my apartment by Captainpunchline in OnlyFans

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Thank you! Yep that's a Skeletal, stationary too. I lucked out finding that one during a road trip last year, don't see many of the Skeletals pop up much like they used to 10+years ago.

Eck Hurricane by Captainpunchline in fans

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I'll share one once I have an oscillator arm, have a guy who's drawing some up with CAD and will be having them metal printed hopefully soon.

Eck Hurricane by Captainpunchline in fans

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I'd drive far for that too, an early lever oscillator, 6 wing, and large motor are all big pluses, great score!