They had one in Melrose Park, Illinois (Chicago suburb) when I was growing up...Come to think of it, it IS still around, they just moved accross the street into a different location - still in Melrose Park, IL though (I don't know why I thought they weren't around anymore). I haven't lived in Illinois since 2009 - they don't have Cub Foods in NC where I live now, just Food Lion, Harris Teeter, and Lowes Food (no affiliation to Lowes Home Center)
Yeah, someone else tried to make a gear-driven fan and sold it through Family Handyman Magazine. Even being plastic it looks like it would run for a long time, but it's noisy as hell!
@12baumarobi The majority of fans that I have seen with the "backward" pitch, are Hunters w/ "Adapt-air" or "Revers-air" (where the blades can actually have their pitch changed to reverse the airflow) that are set in reverse. Though I have actually seen a few oddball fans in which the blades are pitched backward (without having a changable pitch) because that is the way the motor is in foreward.
Very interesting fan! I would love to have one - even if it were a little noisy ;)
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I like how slow it spins but I doubt and hope that they background noise that we hear does not comes from the ceiling fan. I never heard a ceiling fan making all that noise on low speed. Especially spinning at 30RPM. Most of ceiling fans (direct drive, stack motor or oil bath motor) are dead quiet on low speed. But I admit that I don't know very much about gear drive motors. I know that Friction Drive does make a lot of noise even on slower speeds.
Does it move some air?
MrFandude123 8 months ago
@MrFandude123 very little.
mtspiffy 5 months ago
@mtspiffy i can tell,considering how slow its going
MrFandude123 5 months ago
Oh ok
MrFandude123 8 months ago
how old is this fan?
MrFandude123 8 months ago
@MrFandude123 As it says in the description, 1976
mtspiffy 8 months ago
Hey guys, I have a lot of vintage ceiling fans for sale, although I am keeping this one. Please check my posts on VCF and DT.
mtspiffy 8 months ago
Hey, I noticed the Cub Foods bag in the background (I remember that store!) Was this in the Chicagoland area? Or did they have Cub foods elsewhere...
Just Curious, I was born and raised in the Chicagoland area :)
dslgunner1977 11 months ago
@dslgunner1977 Cub Founds stores are in WI, IL, and MN. I think the HQ is in the Minneapolis area.
mtspiffy 8 months ago
@mtspiffy Thanks.
They had one in Melrose Park, Illinois (Chicago suburb) when I was growing up...Come to think of it, it IS still around, they just moved accross the street into a different location - still in Melrose Park, IL though (I don't know why I thought they weren't around anymore). I haven't lived in Illinois since 2009 - they don't have Cub Foods in NC where I live now, just Food Lion, Harris Teeter, and Lowes Food (no affiliation to Lowes Home Center)
dslgunner1977 8 months ago
Yeah, someone else tried to make a gear-driven fan and sold it through Family Handyman Magazine. Even being plastic it looks like it would run for a long time, but it's noisy as hell!
douro20 1 year ago
Why was the fan on reverse?
jonahmusto 1 year ago
@jonahmusto Because the blades are pitched the other way. there are a few other clockwise fans out there, mostly antique ones though
12baumarobi 1 year ago
@12baumarobi Ceiling fans like rite-hite are still made with backward pitch.
jonahmusto 1 year ago
@12baumarobi The majority of fans that I have seen with the "backward" pitch, are Hunters w/ "Adapt-air" or "Revers-air" (where the blades can actually have their pitch changed to reverse the airflow) that are set in reverse. Though I have actually seen a few oddball fans in which the blades are pitched backward (without having a changable pitch) because that is the way the motor is in foreward.
Very interesting fan! I would love to have one - even if it were a little noisy ;)
dslgunner1977 11 months ago
@jonahmusto The fan wasn't on reverse, the blades were pitched the opposite way...very interesting!
dslgunner1977 11 months ago
thats really pretty fan noise or not
fordescortboy91 3 years ago
Cool Ceiling Fan!
wetpaw 3 years ago
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FanManLover 3 years ago
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I like how slow it spins but I doubt and hope that they background noise that we hear does not comes from the ceiling fan. I never heard a ceiling fan making all that noise on low speed. Especially spinning at 30RPM. Most of ceiling fans (direct drive, stack motor or oil bath motor) are dead quiet on low speed. But I admit that I don't know very much about gear drive motors. I know that Friction Drive does make a lot of noise even on slower speeds.
Jean2291 3 years ago
As I said, the noise is from the fan.
mtspiffy 3 years ago
It's the gear driven belt that is making the noise.
doughnutser256 3 years ago
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mtspiffy 3 years ago
does it go faster than that and is it making that much noise?
pocketdrummer84 3 years ago