How To Clean and Service a Vintage Fan - An In Depth Guide!

Well I've been requested to do a more "how to" style video on how I go through and clean / service vintage fans so here's the first video of what will probably end up being a mini series of how to clean and service a vintage fan! This video focuses specifically on stuff from the 70s onward and in particular looks at a 1977 Lakewood 1st Generation box fan! 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - Overview Of The Fan 04:30 - Initial Disassembly 06:18 - Blade Removal 08:26 - Motor Removal 09:26 - Motor Disassembly 12:28 - Cleaning / Servicing The Motor 17:50 - How To Revarnish A Motor 20:18 - Motor Reassembly 23:01 - Realigning Motor Bearings 24:40 - Cleaning The Fan 28:10 - Don't Forget About The Cord! 30:10 - Cleaning The Fan 30:35 - Do A Test Run! 31:30 - Cleaning The Grills 31:52 - Final Reassembly 34:38 - Fixing The Broken Grill 37:10 - End Results