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Thread Number: 48506
My new Vornado fan. |
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| Post# 702779 9/12/2013 at 01:39 (3,881 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
 Today I met Paul who got a small Vornado fan for me last weekend. It was advertised on a local classified website and the seller happened to live very close to Paul so I asked him if he could get it for me.
Unlike the US models, it's not made by O.A. Sutton but by The Easy Washing Machine Co. LTD.
The speed control is at the back of the motor and it's a rheostat.
The front shroud is made of plastic.
And the plastic grille molded with the shroud.
Here's a link to a small video of it:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
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Post# 702782 , Reply# 1 9/12/2013 at 01:55 (3,881 days old) by Supersuds  (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Neato! | ||
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Post# 702785 , Reply# 2 9/12/2013 at 03:19 (3,881 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Thats a nice Vornado fan-or is it axial blower with the rear and front shrouds to direct the airflow and concentrate it. | ||
| Post# 702792 , Reply# 3 9/12/2013 at 05:06 (3,881 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Congrats. The Vornado looks brand new. I bet with the metal deep pitch blades it kicks up a nice breeze. Phil best of luck with it. Arthur | ||
| Post# 702800 , Reply# 4 9/12/2013 at 06:23 (3,881 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I think that fan is a reproduction of one of the 1950's Vornado fans, which had all metal parts. The original Vornado Company went out of business years and years ago. Here is a link you might find interesting about your fan. CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlcool's LINK | ||
| Post# 702827 , Reply# 5 9/12/2013 at 09:41 (3,880 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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From what I read, they were produced in Canada for a few years after O.A. Sutton closed. I guess they were sold in the US too.
Here's a discussion about two fans of the same model: CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 702829 , Reply# 6 9/12/2013 at 09:52 (3,880 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 702837 , Reply# 7 9/12/2013 at 10:09 (3,880 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
The New Vornado Fans | ||
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Post# 702884 , Reply# 8 9/12/2013 at 14:15 (3,880 days old) by joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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Post# 702953 , Reply# 10 9/12/2013 at 18:08 (3,880 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ) |
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the little Vornado | ||
| Post# 702964 , Reply# 11 9/12/2013 at 18:35 (3,880 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
@ Whirlcool | ||
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Post# 703022 , Reply# 12 9/12/2013 at 22:43 (3,880 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Vornado Fans
PhilR -love your fan, even if it does have a plastic shroud; Canadian made makes it rarer(?)
I first learned about Vornado fans from my buddy's dad, who was a mechanical engineer. They had one of the old ones, all metal and when he turned it on, I couldn't believe the volumes of air..nothing like ordinary fans...and I had to get one - eventually, much later in years, I got an all grey, plastic shrouded model that looks like this: (www.vornado.com/circulators/Heavy... )...still have it, still works great but that shroud is delicate, broke and required glueing. Whirlcool - nice fan! I wonder if a double fan model was ever built. TurboProp model, maybe? :-) | ||
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Post# 703073 , Reply# 13 9/13/2013 at 08:16 (3,879 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 That's a beautiful fan, Phil! I love that grille.
I have a 12" Vornado in the garage and a 6" reproduction in my bedroom that we use all the time. The big one in the garage is rather scary with the open grille, my sister is wary of it, she doesn't want to fall in.
My grandparents had a Vornado window fan in their utility room that would pull air from the second story windows. I spent hours as a kid playing with that fan. "Stop putting bits of paper in the fan!" | ||
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Post# 703142 , Reply# 15 9/13/2013 at 15:53 (3,879 days old) by ultramatic (New York City) |
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| Post# 703372 , Reply# 16 9/15/2013 at 10:20 (3,877 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
We have the US made mid '50s version... | ||
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