Motor Fan - Not Fan Motor - Sigh!

[Bob La Londe]

Now onto the next problem. The reason I pulled the cover on that Leland
motor in the first place was because there was a dent in the back case. Now
that I have the wiring figured out I need to address that... with a hammer.
And the more serious damage from whatever dented that housing. Two broken
blades on the cooling fan.

I figured finding an exact replacement was probably a no go. I stopped by a
local motor shop and they want to order in a blank arbor fan that may or may
not fit and then bore it to fit to be held on with a couple set screws.
That may be what I have to do eventually, but I thought it sounded a little
pricey for a fan blade. Even with a legitimate 30-45 minutes of machine
work to make it fit my motor if it fits the space available.

I am looking at other options first. The first and least likely is somebody
saying, "I have one of those on my junk pile. How about $XX.xx for it Bob?"

Searching with google for industrial motor cooling fans is beyond my
Internet savvy. I can find thousands of motors, but finding sources for
fans blades is a bit trickier.

Its off the cooling motor on a Leland 6273. The part number molded on the
blade is D252999. The fan is approximately 9.75 inches in diameter. It is
about 1.380 inches tall, and has a concave base. The bore when checked with
a caliper is .650 +/- The motor shaft measures at .660 so there is no doubt
some flaw in my technique.

There is an old grind mark that looks like the fan was balanced when it was
new.

Picture can be seen here:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/lelandfan.jpg/

 

[Rich.]

Searching with google for industrial motor cooling fans is beyond my
Internet savvy. I can find thousands of motors, but finding sources for
fans blades is a bit trickier.

Its off the cooling motor on a Leland 6273. The part number molded on the
blade is D252999. The fan is approximately 9.75 inches in diameter. It
is about 1.380 inches tall, and has a concave base. The bore when checked
with a caliper is .650 +/- The motor shaft measures at .660 so there is no
doubt some flaw in my technique.

There is an old grind mark that looks like the fan was balanced when it
was new.

Picture can be seen here:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/lelandfan.jpg/

Try looking here:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ecatalog/N-/Ntt-cooling+fan+blade?itemsPerPage=60

 

[Bob La Londe]

Try looking here:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ecatalog/N-/Ntt-cooling+fan+blade?itemsPerPage=60

Not a bad listing, but I don't see a fan there that would work, but mostly
its Grainger. I think I'll see if I can have this fan welded then rebalance
it myself if Grainger turns out to be my only option. I won't get into it,
but they left me hanging one to many times.

 

[Baron]

Bob La Londe Inscribed thus:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ecatalog/N-/Ntt-cooling+fan+blade?itemsPerPage=60

Not a bad listing, but I don't see a fan there that would work, but
mostly
its Grainger. I think I'll see if I can have this fan welded then
rebalance
it myself if Grainger turns out to be my only option. I won't get
into it, but they left me hanging one to many times.

I have an old fan heater with an 8" dia plastic fan. The motor for this
fan has a 3/16" shaft. There is more than enough meat to bore it out
to 0.650" though I'm not sure what you would use to secure it to the
existing shaft. FWIW the fan heater costs £7.49p here in the UK for a
new one.

HTH.

 

[Bob La Londe]

Bob La Londe Inscribed thus:


I have an old fan heater with an 8" dia plastic fan. The motor for this
fan has a 3/16" shaft. There is more than enough meat to bore it out
to 0.650" though I'm not sure what you would use to secure it to the
existing shaft. FWIW the fan heater costs £7.49p here in the UK for a
new one.

LOL. I think shipping charges would eat me up on that one. Jenkins has a
couple generic fans in their line that may work. Those would atleast ship
from the same continent.

http://ac04.cccom.com/Jenkins-Replacement-Fans-C452.aspx

 

[Baron]

Bob La Londe Inscribed thus:

LOL. I think shipping charges would eat me up on that one. Jenkins
has a couple generic fans in their line that may work. Those would
atleast ship from the same continent.

http://ac04.cccom.com/Jenkins-Replacement-Fans-C452.aspx

Hi Bob, Sorry, I didn't mean to infer that you got the fan from me !
Rather, I have this, maybe you can take advantage of something similar.

The plastic fan have looks similar to this one from the link below.
9" OD Fan Item #8-8657.

Actually I was in NY over Christmas and did see similar fan heaters in a
couple of places. I found some of the prices of commodity items were
almost twice what they are here in the UK.

I'll check tomorrow and try to find out what it would cost to ship it to
you. I don't think it would be inordinately expensive.

 

[Bob La Londe]

Bob La Londe Inscribed thus:


Hi Bob, Sorry, I didn't mean to infer that you got the fan from me !
Rather, I have this, maybe you can take advantage of something similar.

The plastic fan have looks similar to this one from the link below.
9" OD Fan Item #8-8657.

Actually I was in NY over Christmas and did see similar fan heaters in a
couple of places. I found some of the prices of commodity items were
almost twice what they are here in the UK.

I'll check tomorrow and try to find out what it would cost to ship it to
you. I don't think it would be inordinately expensive.

Thanks. I think I have it figured out now. I have not shipped to the UK
before, but I have shipped to/from Hong Kong, Oz, Sweden, NZ, etc... You
know I did just receive a speed controller from the UK now that I think
about it. Anyway. I think I have this solved, but I really do appreciate
the thought.

 

[Baron]

Bob La Londe Inscribed thus:

Thanks. I think I have it figured out now. I have not shipped to the
UK before, but I have shipped to/from Hong Kong, Oz, Sweden, NZ,
etc...
You know I did just receive a speed controller from the UK now that I
think about it. Anyway. I think I have this solved, but I really do
appreciate the thought.

You're welcome.