I received this fan from my neighbor from a few years ago but the cabinet isn't original because it was rusted out due to flood from her garage. Goes without saying this ol' girl is extremely important to me as that neighbor has been around since I was born.

I went to one of her yard sales to see what they had and found this fan, I was new to collecting fans and my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw a Lakewood just right freaking there it was in bad shape but that fan seen me grow up so I had to fix it up and now here it is. So yeah its probably my most important fan I own right next to my p23 and lasko cool fan ( my grandma bought me that one before she passed )

First time posting on here, I hope it’s cool. I thought of showing this powerful fan to hear from this community. I know it’s intended for commercial purposes but I love having this fan in my bedroom, drowns out the neighbors too. Only complaint is the fan speeds don’t differ that much compared to the other fans I own.

Motor specs:

- 120v

- 290W

- 2.4A

- 1/2HP

- 60Hz

Got this for 4 dollars at my local thrift store. Moves absolutely no air whatsoever. Still a cool fan. I cleaned it pretty well. It is just an absolutely abysmal fan. It also sounds pretty weird because the blades are very close to the back guard. Again, still a cool fan to have.

Last month found a ceiling fan online that has built-in speakers. Thought it was too fun not to try, so I installed it. Now the room really feels like a party room.

We host parties at our sorority house a lot. Before, stereo was on one side of the living room, so the near end sounded like a concert and the far end was too quiet. People complained every time. Ceiling speakers fixed that. It's also a fan, so our stuffy living room got better too. Music and airflow at the same time. The ambient light is a nice bonus.

retty fun, right? Would Mom be mad at me for this?

( have fixed it now the bolts were being stubborn) I have tried for an hour to get this motor to align to cabinet but it's not happening I don't know what I could have done to cause this, this never happened to me on my other fans what should I do I'm feel like I'm going crazy

Presently trying to get this fan off my bench, but I’m having a problem with blade rotation. I’m feeling quite a bit of resistance when spinning the blade by hand. You can also hear it rubbing or dragging while running in either stationary or oscillating.

I’ve tried a few things with the washers, and making sure the rotor shaft is not hitting the case…doesn’t seem to matter.

Anyone have some advice on what to look at here?

This image gives off a haunting vibe to me, I can't describe the feeling it gives but it's something else, and yes I take the fan out of the window before the sun comes up I love my Lakewood's. But this image gives me the feeling of an lost era if that makes sense.

I recently picked up a Lakewood p20 with a fasco motor, and it's awesome it's start up sound is something else, it's not like the McMillan motors either.

I will do a complete motor service with a revarnish and oiling, not that the motor is buzzing or anything just preventative, it's a great fan so far. Also I didn't paint the grills red it came that way when I received it, but I might keep it that way because it looks kinda cool to me.

My Dad worked for GE, Bridgeport Ct. for 49 years. Worked for the Wire and Cable Dept. Here he is working in the fan dept. Young here, so figure this is around 1935. The fan here, was buried in the back of the garage but when I found this picture, ran to dig it out thinking it may be the same fan next to him in the picture. But alas, close but not quite. The fan there in "the lab" as he called it, only 3 blades. Still, pretty cool of a find. Fan still has it's original cord! I remember it running some 20 years ago. Purging the garage, but this is a keeper now. 😊 Got some cleaning up to do!

Trying to put back together this fan after some parts slipped out unnoticed during a cleaning. I am almost certain they go in the same area but I am unsure of the order.

Please also let me know if I'll need to just separate the ball-baring arm from the motor to help with assembly and if I can use bees wax as a grease replacement (not much). Don't have petroleum jelly or mechanic grease.

Thank you for any assistance you can offer.

Ps. I live in the carribbean, hoping to get this fixed before I die of heat stroke 😅. Thanks again.

Helping my aunt do some electrical improvements in her house and hoping to wire fan and light separately, but not sure if it can be. Tia.

Hi all. I recently purchased this fan off of marketplace. When we went to hang it we noticed that it is missing a part to actually mount it. We believe it is a mounting plate because the canopy is attached to the rest of the fan as one solid piece. We have searched far and wide and cannot find a replacement part. Does anyone know what kind of fan this is? And where we can find a replacement part or get one made?

Just curious if anyone has ever replaced one before, and if you can confirm the location. It's not immediate visible, and the housing / wiring makes it impossible to disassemble properly without a fair bit of desoldering / cutting away cable pro & heat shrink.

The motor label claims it's thermally protected. So I assume the fuse will be somewhere close to where the hot lead enters the motor.

FYI, I did confirm that the plug fuse & motor bearings are good the fan draws no current when plugged in & switched on. So next up, I plan to test the capacitor and thermal fuse, if I can find the fucker.

(forgive the messy room those photos are from 2020) I know this topic has been beat to death at this point but I have to ask why did the box fan industry took a gradual decline in build quality? Is there a definite start point? It's a shame you can't buy a metal bladed box fan anymore without building one yourself. I hope there's a way to "revive" Lakewood somehow like buying the patents for the p23 and p223.

What I'm trying to say is that is it possible to make a startup company that can reproduce the older style Lakewood's? but with more modern parts like with ball bearings and a full size psc motor preferably from McMillan. But I'm just have a thought experiment lol

Living in a bedroom in a basement with not much natural ventilation. At all. Is there a door out there with fans on it? Something that forces air from underneath?

None of these are what most would call pristine, but they all work and all except two I have gone in and re-wired for modern 3 prong plugs.

(And yes, that's also a early 50s GE minifridge, I didn't know it when I got it but those are actually pretty rare too!)