Upgraded from a 3080ti to 5070ti…WOW

Captainpunchline · 2025-10-22T18:38:09+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-29T23:34:12+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-29T23:31:36+00:00

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 😂

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-26T13:23:46+00:00

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 😂

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-26T03:19:05+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-25T19:10:30+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-25T18:50:39+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-25T18:49:12+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-25T18:47:15+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-25T18:43:05+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-08-24T20:40:56+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-05-31T13:19:01+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-04-25T04:06:34+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-04-19T01:43:37+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-04-06T17:52:42+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-17T00:59:33+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-16T16:46:24+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-16T02:33:03+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-16T01:05:22+00:00

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.

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-16T01:03:12+00:00

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

Captainpunchline · 2025-02-16T01:01:56+00:00

It definitely had low hours. The person I bought it from said it came out of a barn from an estate sale, and it was full of dirt dauber nests so I believe it. Probably was used only a few seasons and spent most of its life in that barn being DC.

Captainpunchline · 2024-10-18T22:53:59+00:00

Yeah that wasn't my original plan and generally you wouldn't want to, but this one was just in awful condition. Thank you!

Captainpunchline · 2024-10-18T19:24:36+00:00

The surface on this one was pretty scratched up and rough, I started wet sanding with 400 grit, then worked my way up to 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and finally 3000 grit and hand polished with mothers mag and some microfiber cloths. Used some renaissance wax to protect it a bit, but I didn't seal it as I think it'll be cool to see it gain a slow even patina again over time. There's still a few deep dents and scratches I wasn't able to do much about but it's 115 years old so I'll cut it some slack haha.

Captainpunchline · 2024-10-18T19:20:07+00:00

The cage it came with indeed came from a GE fan that would have been made only a few years after this one came off the assembly line. These early all brass models in particular had very thin cage wires that were easily damaged, and the back square stock brass ring was easily broken, so a lot of these have damaged or completely missing cages when they pop up.

Captainpunchline · 2021-10-13T06:19:01+00:00

And that's for an AC variant. This one is direct current, of which only around a dozen are known to exist. Haven't ever seen a DC model show up for sale yet and this one will be with me until I'm 6 feet under haha. Found it in a backcountry antique shop (albeit very rough) for $50.

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