Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some of the older fans have a small port on the back to drop some machine oil into. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: > Any antique fan collectors here? Yeah, I know it's the LUG, but we all > have our other items of working antiquity. > In this awful heat I just cleaned up an old Cold Wave 10" desk fan. No > oscillator power-take-off, but it's still a decent unit. Not sure of > the vintage. I'm surprised at the amount of air that this little fan > puts out! As I can't see the blades spin I'm a bit afraid of getting a > finger lopped off while reaching across my desk, not paying attention > to the wire guard. Like a desktop food processor, it is. > Questions I have are: does anyone know how to get it a bit quieter? > Possibly new bushings? Also it feels like it is getting quite warm and > I don't want to risk damage to the unit or worse. How can I get this > fan to run cooler as well? > Apologies for the OT post. > Thanks in advance for your knowledge. > PhilFo > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA