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I showed my big antique brass ceiling fan motor a couple weeks ago -- even remarked that I didn't really have the slightest expectation of ever finding any actual "old" blades/brackets for it. SO IMAGINE MY UTTER SURPRISE when I discovered this set of four amongst a pile of otherwise common (contemporary) 'orphaned' fan blades -- and for a buck a piece even???!!! [cue: <happydance>]
They're all about 2' long and 6-1/2" wide, made of thin solid wood which looks like it was stained a reddish color originally. Each one has the remains of a paper label on it near the bracket, but I cannot make out what might have been printed/written on any of them. The brackets are made of cast iron and have "15[deg]" cast into them (but no other marks) and appear to have had a copper colored/plated finish originally.
I've gotta be honest and admit I don't yet even know if they'll fit/work on my brass fan (if not I've got others...) NOR do I yet have any earthly idea where I'd ever hang the enormous heavy old thing, even if they *do* fit it...? <LOL>
Easy: You'll make room by removing an existing light fixture. :)
I had a feeling you would be able to find something.
THANKS Y'ALL, for the quick <love its> and comments!!
Spirit and MacDaddy, there's no way I could ever hang the brass fan (item #241266) in my current house -- it is nearly 3' long itself and with these blades on it would be ~5' across -- so would be a 'decapitation hazard' at the very least, anywhere I'd try to put it...?! <eeek> About the only 'ceiling' I have that might be barely high enough is in my carport but even out there, if I just swapped it for the existing light, I don't think my truck would fit under it...? (plus, I need that light to stay right there where it is?!!)
Mac -- thanks for the sage advice too -- good to point out (for the record) that one shouldn't try to hang a thing that both 'moves' and 'weighs ~30+lbs' from a flimsy sheet metal bracket attached to [nothing] by a couple of #6 or #8 screws. I've actually used brackets like those in your link before, even. :-) These blade brackets don't have threaded holes anyway, so finding a motor they'll bolt up to depends just on the measurement between them (2") and their curvature.
The CURIOUS thing I realized only after posting -- these brackets/blades almost seem like they were intended to mount to the *top* side of a rotating motor armature, instead of the bottom as is usually the case. If these were mounted to a fan motor like my brass one, or in fact 99.5% of any fan you'd buy tomorrow at Home Depot -- their "pretty" side would face *UP*, out of view. I'm not sure what to make of that (late) observation...?
Fort -- the part of this "find" that still amazes me is actually discovering a set of obviously *old* fan blades -- 'new' ones are a dime a dozen (in fact I already have a couple dozen, with other assorted 'newish' fans and parts) and even once bought a set of 'universal' blade brackets (of cheap painted pot metal) and made a new set of wood blades for another of my antique fan motors (not yet shown here, its not very pretty) which we then hung up and put back into use at the shop for awhile.
The next order of bizness for me, obviously, will be to look again at the whole pile of "old" fan motors (6 or 8 total?) to see how the rest of 'em are configured...??
Absolutely gorgeous fan blades, and in good nick too.