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@@jasonanders4944 HAHAHAHA! I'm from good ol Loooooooooonnng Island, NY!

It sounds like you had a winding short out and fail in the motor. Id start by taking it apart and doing a visual inspection of everything. Then get an ohm meter and measure out the resistance across the windings and lets see where you are at.

Damn that's too bad! That's why I always advocate for revarnishing these things when you have them apart to service them! Helps extend motor life and sometimes can prevent them from going poof! Chances are you are seeing motors meant for modern attic fans which are only a single speed instead of 2 and they also have the wrong size shaft. Your best bet is probably to find a parts fan, especially if you can find another McGraw Edison or one of their many rebadges because then the motor will be a direct fit. Most box fans used a 1/2" shaft so finding one with a 3/8" like these used is a little difficult. Good Luck!

@@MarioLopez-qo7tk I believe it's a 1.5 HP but it might be a 2.5 HP. Hard to say with no tag on it and no info online, but I have heard that's the sizes they made.

@@colin_5839 thank you for the info ..

@@MarioLopez-qo7tk Appreciate it! Yeah they're very fun engines! I'm sure you can find one soon enough! Thanks! Yeah I could fall asleep to it running also lol! Thanks for Watching!

Yessir! Thanks for Watching!

Sure is! :) Thanks for Watching!

Dziękuję! To zdecydowanie fajnie działający silnik! Zazwyczaj wszystkie części dostaję od Willa Woodwarda, ale nie jestem pewien, czy wyśle je do Polski, czy nie. Zawsze możesz skontaktować się z nim na Facebooku i zobaczyć, co powie!Dzięki za oglądanie!

I don't have a tachometer so measure the exact speed but it's only turning a couple hundred RPM max. I wouldn't use a hit and miss to run a generator because the speed isn't consistent so the voltage would spike and droop constantly. If you want to run a generator with an antique engine you need a throttle governed engine that hits every time and maintains a consistent speed. Thanks for Watching!

Yes you are correct. I may have misspoken in the video and my apologies if I did. Thanks for Watching!

That's a very crude method of doing it and can very easily end up making things worse. When I eventually am able to do it the crank is coming out of the engine and the wheels are coming off so the bearings and wheels don't get damaged in the process and it's going to be measured and put into a press and straightened. (Unless there's another way I'm not aware of that people do it in a controlled manner) Then it will get magnafluxed to make sure there are no cracks before being reassembled. The problem right now is that I don't have a press and I also have other projects that are taking priority so I haven't had time to do it yet. One day later down the line it will happen though! Thanks for Watching!

@@colin_5839 it's only as crude as the person holding the hammer. Don't worry about existing cracks, either. it's overbuilt for what it was, which is 10x what you are using it for. really, I wouldn't worry about that lil wobble, because the bend happened outside the crankcase. but you are...so do it the safe way, start with a 16oz hammer & recheck after every strike. Don't hit it harder, just get a bigger hammer. I bet a 6lb hammer is all it would need. Ya gotta think about the mechanical processes available when that was built. The precision wasn't near what it is now, so everything was built very loose. If a farmer couldn't fix something with a hammer, pliers, and baling wire, it was junk.

HAHA! Now that would be quite a sight LOL! Thanks for Watching!

Unless there is a screw down the center of it, it is just a snap on thing. If possible I try and move the snap fingers on the knob a little with a small screw driver to put a little less force on it, but that is rarely possibly unfortunately... If there is a screw keep in mind it might be reverse thread! Hope this helps! Thanks for Watching!

It is mostly likely due to worn out bearings. These fans were both made cheap and usually beat to hell across their many years of service so that plus the motor shaft really being undersized for the size and weight of the blade means you very often find that the bearings are worn on them. Other than that, assuming it's in good balance, it could also need some fiber washers. Always a good idea to replace those anyways, especially on fans of this vintage. Thanks for Watching!

Sure is LOL! Thanks for Watching!

Thanks Mike!

@@colin_5839 I want to get that box fan to you, if you ever want to meet up somewhere or I can give it to someone else to give you if anyone is heading down this way, man

Yeah for sure! We would just have to figure out when and where we could do that! Lets chat on messenger about it!

@@colin_5839 got you

Thanks! It aint so little though LOL!

Ohh wow that sounds really cool! I'd love to see that! Unfortunately I never got the tag with it and mine has no numbers stamped in it anywhere that I can find so that's why Ive been a little bit lost as to what exactly it is... Thanks for Watching!

Thanks! :)

I wont be able to make a dedicated video on it for a little while here, but assuming you are talking about adjusting the mixture, the general process I follow is this: Screw the main jet ( the one on the bottom sticking out on an angle on the back of the bowl) until it LIGHTLY seats and then back it off 1.5 to 2 turns. Do the same with the idle mixture screw which is the small one sticking out the front of the top half of the carb (90 degrees from the throttle shaft). Then I will start the engine and let it run at high speed (on a generator I let the governor take it up to 3600 rpm, on some of the older engines I put the governor spring on it and set it somewhere around like 2000 ish) and then SLOWLY turn the main jet in until you hear the engine tone change and it starts to (stumble or surge up and down if it's on the governor) and then once you hit that point very slowly bring it back out until the engine smooths out and runs nice. Once you have that set bring the engine down to an idle and repeat the same process with the idle mixture screw. Once this has been completed it should be just about set, but sometimes these briggs flo jets need a little more tweaking to get them just right. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!

@@colin_5839 yes

Thanks! Yeah that likely wont be for a very long time but if I get to it I'll try and get some video of it! Thanks for Watching!

Thanks! Pretty happy with it! Thanks for Watching! :)

Thanks! :)

Thanks! Runs pretty good for how worn out the governor and cam are LOL!

Thanks! Yeah it's very interesting just how similar they really are!

I believe they are dual bearing motors just like most fans of the time. I would take the motor apart and oil the wicks around each bearing with zoomspout oil. The gear box I'd take apart and clean out the old grease and replace it with fresh stuff and that will likely get everything moving freely once again! Wire shouldnt really matter too much... Thanks for Watching! Let me know if you need anything else! :)

​​​@@colin_5839 Thank you much! They do have two bearings. If you want to properly get to the one in the back to replace it, you have to remove the rotor, which wasn't hard in my case, theres a place to oil the bearings when you take the rear cover off The front one is easier to get to. You can get to it just by removing the blade, at least on mine. Not sure how many design changes these went through over the years from the thirties to the fifties. If you want to soften the blades, they're made of rubber, so bear that in mind, though I've heard of people replacing them with leather. As cool as these are, like I said, there's pretty much nothing out there on getting these fans apart or anything at all for that matter. Not sure how successful they were. I found out myself that they're fairly simple, just make sure you don't lose the spacers near the front and back of the rotor and you're fine. It was the first fan I took apart and it turned out fairly well. I gotta take the blade back off because I didn't get it properly in balanced. The hubs that hold the blade on like to not come off after a while, and take some convincing which is to be expected for their age. They have a unique startup sound, which I personally really like. The thing is about as quiet as my modern 10 inch fan and moves twice the air at the same speed. Sad to see so few of them around. Happy to have gotten my hands on it. I'll take your advice on the oil. I'll be taking it apart again anyway, as the oil I used wasn't the best for a fan, but I just wanted to see if it would do fan things before getting too far ahead of myself. Thank you for your advice! You've been a great help

Thanks! :)

Thanks! :)

Interesting! Maybe its something to do with your sound system because I could hear myself speaking when editing the video! Glad you enjoy the videos! Hye it's not for everyone, but there's always the mute button if it really bothers you that much LOL! Thanks for Watching Jerry!

It sure is LOL! Thanks for watching!

They made some very nice stuff back in the day! I don't care for their modern stuff much but I do give them credit for hanging on to a very similar design all these years as they tend to be some of the better of the modern shit we have today from what I've seen! Glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks for Watching!

Yeah they do happen sometimes! Best thing to do is learn from them! Thanks for Watching!

Thanks for the info!! Appreciate it!

Because it gives the engine something to run and also acts as a nice fan for when I'm at the shows! Lots of people really like it too so it can't really be that stupid!

If you actually watched the video you would know that I made it into a hit and miss engine, I'm aware it wasn't one from the factory....

Yeah they made some neat stuff back in the day! Their fans may not have been the highest quality stuff around but they sure did last quite a while and made a lot of neat stuff! Thanks for Watching!

Thanks Alex! That means a lot hearing that from you! Yeah my pleasure man! I will always give shout outs to those who help me! :) They really are solid fans! This one just needs some fiber washers in the gear box at some point because it does make a little noise but other than that it's an incredible runner and runs great! And no worries about the response time! I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video at all LOL! That's the plan! :) Thanks for Watching!

Thanks Mike!

Sweet! Hey as long as it isnt rusty then go for it! Sometimes a patina finish is pretty cool! Thanks for Watching!

Thanks!! Ohh neat! As for the wiring I'm not entirely sure if there are any dedicated wiring diagrams out there, however you can figure out which wire is which with a multimeter. The "transformer" in the base is actually the speed coil. Most are just glorified resistors, but some do in fact work slightly differently ( I know Westinghouse had some more complicated ones for example) Start by looking at the tag and seeing what model the fan is and I bet we can figure something out from there!

Thanks Topher!! Yeah me too! That's why I'm not too worried about the brass loosing a little of its shine lol. Thanks for Watching!

HAHAHA! Yeah that will be me lol!

@@colin_5839 Lol.

Thanks!!

Thanks Bono! Just wait! There's plenty more to come! :)

Thanks! Yeah I'm very happy with it! :) Thanks for Watching!