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 Posted: Mon Dec 28th, 2020 07:57 pm
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Dan Vanderpool
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 Anyone know Where I can find BRASS screws, nuts, etc. for my antique Westinghouse fans?  Any help or advise would be appreciated.  Thanks, Dan
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 Antique fan parts probably has all the right ones you need. PM him and let him know exactly what you want.


https://antiquefanparts.com/desk-fans/?sort=newest
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 Posted: Mon Dec 28th, 2020 09:19 pm
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 If they’re not weird threads, McMaster Carr has them. Your local big box hardware chain has them in the hardware department.
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 I get them at ACE hardware, set screws also
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 I don't know what you mean by Local Big Box Hardware chain.  Can you elaborate? Thanks
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Dan Vanderpool
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 Ace had a few newer style acorn nuts, but not the antique style I need for my Westinghouse.  Thanks
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 Thanks I'll give them a try.
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 Darryl Hudson can make any nut, acorn, bolt you would desire. Plus has a lot of other stuff. He has his own website.
Hudsonscustommachining.com
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Dan Vanderpool
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 Thanks a lot!
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 Dan Vanderpool wrote: I don't know what you mean by Local Big Box Hardware chain.  Can you elaborate? ThanksHome Depot, Lowe's, etc.
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Dan Vanderpool
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 Oh, OK.  Thanks, but I have tried them.  I have tried everywhere with no luck.
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 I have tried that email address several times and it keeps bouncing back to me saying invalid address.
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 PM Chad Baker at Antique fan parts. Tell him exactly what you want. He most likely has original acorn nuts. Yes they cost a bit more but they are original and the exact ones you need.

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 Darryl Hudson can be reached at Darryl@HudsonsCustomMachining.com.
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 Is Chad Baker a member of AFCA?  Thanks
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 Brand new parts on original fans can look odd, unless aged a bit
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 Steven P Dempsey wrote: Brand new parts on original fans can look odd, unless aged a bitEven the shape and profiles of new versions of old parts do not look right to a good eye.
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 Dan Vanderpool wrote: Is Chad Baker a member of AFCA?  ThanksYes he is
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 What kind of Westinghouse nuts do you need? If you need brass slotted Westinghouse acorn nuts with 6-32 threads, I have a few.
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 It looks like they are 3/8" long.  The "Slot" in them has been widened some much they look more like holes than slots.  And the brass finish is gone.  I thought about painting them brass colored but I don't know how that would look. :wondering:    Four of them is what I am hoping for.  Thanks, Dan

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 The brass "color" is just brass that is polished, the bright brass color will come back if you polish it. The buggered up slot, is another story.
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 If you have a thread gauge you can measure the thread size of the stud that the acorn nut screws onto. If you don't have a thread gauge, take your acorn nuts to a hardware store like Ace and try to screw your acorn nut onto a 6-32 screw, and an 8-32 screw. If your acorn nut fits nicely onto the 6-32 screw, I have the right size acorn nuts. If it fits the 8-32 screw, you will need to search for 8-32 acorn nuts. 

Also, my acorn nuts will be tarnished brass like the ones you already have. They will need polishing if you like them that way.
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 Thank you!  I will do that at Ace hrdwr tomorrow.
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 The brass is all gone I believe. When I polish them they just become metal.  No brass color at all.
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 Lowe’s, Home Depot. They have boxes above the bins. Each box is partitioned. The hardware stores have them too.
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