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| Fresh nd aire 20” box fan motor Model F 206 | Rating: 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2019 06:27 am |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member 
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i have a pristine 20” box fan that I bought recently that has a completely shot set of bearings and quite possibly shaft damage from the bearing damage that appear to have never been oiled. Fan sounds like it is it is coming apart. It is in pristine condition but I fear the pristine condition comes from the fan being damaged early in its life and put away until it was sold to me as is. Well what I would like to know if there is anyone that repairs these type adjustable bearing motors and or presses new shafts onto rotors? Any advice would be most appreciated. Mel New Orleans   
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| Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2019 07:46 pm |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member 
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I think there are some people on here that do bearing replacements and shaft replacement for fan motors, not sure if they do box fans or not but I know they do table fans. I just can't remember who it is of the top of my head currently.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2019 01:49 pm |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member
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Thank you, Levi. I will keep looking. Maybe if I can find a replacement motor that runs well I will swap the motor. I just. Don’t know much about these box fans. Mel
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| Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2019 10:40 pm |
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Andrew Block Guest
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Looks like a pretty standard motor used on lots of box fans of the era to me. You should be able to source one fairly easily. I think I have a Westinghouse with the same motor.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2019 11:05 pm |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member
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The motor says it's a 1000 RPM motor (That's measured on High Speed setting) which means that was a fairly quiet and low speed box fan compared to most box fans from that time period, especially on medium and low speeds, that would of been a great sleeping fan! 🤔😀
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2019 02:20 pm |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member
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Andrew and Levi Thank you for the comments. I am now searching for a replacement three speed motor that works well from another like model fan. I am not experienced with box fans. Serves me right buying something without asking more questions. Live and learn. Mel
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13th, 2019 07:04 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member 
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.        Attached Image (viewed 963 times): Last edited on Sun Jan 13th, 2019 07:05 am by Russ Huber |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2019 04:24 am |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member
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Russ Your fan is incredible. Reversible and beautiful condition. Any idea when these fans were produced? Mel
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2019 06:03 am |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member
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I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2019 02:20 pm |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member
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I do not collect these box fans and concentrate only on the early desk and ceiling fans, but I took a shot at trying to sort this out myself. So I finally got around to taking this motor out of the fan. When I found the blade was nearly to impossible to remove, I became suspicious. I found the blade had been installed incorrectly and it was not sitting on the shaft properly. There was blade travel on the shaft causing the hub to wallow the shaft just enough to cause the racket. I lightly filed the shaft unevenness with a finishing file and slowly got the shaft back in round. The blade center was in great shape. I cleaned the motor and and bearings, they were fantastic, and replaced the head wires and the industrial line cord that someone had installed in the past. Put it all back together, installed the blade and tightened it properly and fired it up. Quiet as a mouse with great spin down. I was lucky. Thank you all for your posts.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2019 04:43 pm |
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Gunner Lake AFCA Member 
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Great news!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16th, 2019 09:39 pm |
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Tom Zapf AFCA Member
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mel , i was glad you were able to get this working and quiet. your freshndaire fan was actually in most part a chelsea fan of the same vintage with a different motor. .. the blade is chelsea but unpainted finish and the frame and box and grilles are definitely chelsea. i have one on the rollabout stand now i had 2 at one point, and also i went to an estate sale and found two of the deluxe model in the boxes for $5 each , including the directions, window panels and all the packing. talk about a $10 hit! 3 speed reverse with pushbuttons thermo and signal light ......Anyway the biggest fault of this Chelsea blade, whether painted or unpainted is the rubber spacer between the blade hub and the setscrew hub . The rubber turns to a black tar and will spit all over and eventually the blade is out of balance and not usable and you have a mess. just check that rubber spacer and see if it is getting soft. i have sealed mine with light layers of Elmers Glue all to seal out the air. It has worked. Later in the 50s the rubber ring was eliminated on the Chelsea blades which were still used in the Freshnaaire box fans before the became rebadged Toastmasters........
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 03:29 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Mel Lagarde wrote: Russ Mid 50s.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 03:31 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Levi Mevis wrote: I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire. Cory Corp bought out all rights and patents to Fresh'nd-aire in ………..1943.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 03:34 am |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member
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Russ Huber wrote: Levi Mevis wrote:Russ, notice I said "right around the time" meaning within several years of when it actually happened. So my comment was still valid.I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 06:07 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Levi Mevis wrote: Russ Huber wrote:Levi Mevis wrote:Russ, notice I said "right around the time" meaning within several years of when it actually happened. So my comment was still valid.I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire. 1943 until "I'm guessing 50s"(1950-1959) is a bit of a span, don't you think? 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 06:13 am |
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Levi Mevis AFCA Member
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Russ Huber wrote: Levi Mevis wrote:Not really, only a decade, that's not that far off, it could of been 20 or 30 years off which if that was the case then I would call my comment into question. But the guess as to how old the fan was was spot on, whereas my other part of my comment was meant to be more of a general time frame rather than an exact time frame comment.Russ Huber wrote:Levi Mevis wrote:Russ, notice I said "right around the time" meaning within several years of when it actually happened. So my comment was still valid.I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 08:12 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Levi Mevis wrote: Russ Huber wrote:Levi Mevis wrote:Not really, only a decade, that's not that far off, it could of been 20 or 30 years off which if that was the case then I would call my comment into question. But the guess as to how old the fan was was spot on, whereas my other part of my comment was meant to be more of a general time frame rather than an exact time frame comment.Russ Huber wrote:Levi Mevis wrote:Russ, notice I said "right around the time" meaning within several years of when it actually happened. So my comment was still valid.I'm guessing 1950s because that's right around when Cory Industries took over ownership of Fresh'nd Aire. 1943 to 1953 = 1 decade. 1953 to 1959 = 6 years. 10 years + 6 years = 16 years
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 07:59 pm |
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Tom Zapf AFCA Member
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the generation fan shown in the very top photo is 1956 ish to 1958 ish i believe. The tags say FreshnDaire by Cory. Also interesting (and has come up on this site) is that the pushbutton label says Automatic but neither of rollabouts had a timer or thermostat, just the two window models .....
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 08:58 pm |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Tom Zapf wrote: the generation fan shown in the very top photo is 1956 ish to 1958 ish i believe. The tags say FreshnDaire by Cory. Also interesting (and has come up on this site) is that the pushbutton label says Automatic but neither of rollabouts had a timer or thermostat, just the two window models ..... Attached Image (viewed 849 times):
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 09:15 pm |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Trademark serial 71532809 filed Aug. 29, 1947 to Cory Corp. Attached Image (viewed 768 times): Last edited on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 09:20 pm by Russ Huber |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2019 09:17 pm |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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Trademark serial 71680520 filed Dec. 27, 1955. Attached Image (viewed 834 times): Last edited on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 09:21 pm by Russ Huber |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2019 05:05 am |
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Mel Lagarde AFCA Member
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    My fanback together and working well. I did take advice from Tom and sealed the rubber lining between the blade and the hub. Good advice. I will keep this practice undated. This fan really runs well now. I was fortunate. Cool fans. Gotta love the thermostat light. My thanks to all of you. I learned so much. Mel
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2019 06:19 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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That is nice. 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26th, 2019 01:16 pm |
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Mark Allen AFCA Member 
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I have one almost identical to this one, by looking at the motor mounting and the blades I’m almost positive this one was made by Lakewood for Cory.The reversible one Russ Huber has pics of
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