Protect your kids from fan...

[dereksbicycles]

I wonder how you protected your kids from fans back then? Look at the picture. I've one of those fans. It made me curious how parents were able to watch kids back then. Those fans must have been dangerous. Today's fans don't have opening like that. As a kid back then, how did you resist putting your hands in a fan like this?

 

[sequoias]

I used a stick to go thru the grille to stop the fan from turning as a kid, lol. That time, the fans in the 80's don't have grilles that big. That fan looks like before 1970's.

 

[rockin'robin]

I do remember a little girl who had very long hair and walked by one of those huge, old timey exhaust fans...it pulled her into the fan and she suffered a lot of injuries....hair pulled out by the roots....

 

[Smithtr]

it is very not safetly fan on look likes serious harm on fan! you buy new fan I see on fan look likes! I notice on big on fan it is very serious fan is very careful protect. wiseful on prevent to injury

 

[Stargazer Lilies]

I wonder how you protected your kids from fans back then? Look at the picture. I've one of those fans. It made me curious how parents were able to watch kids back then. Those fans must have been dangerous. Today's fans don't have opening like that. As a kid back then, how did you resist putting your hands in a fan like this?

I don't even dare to put my fingers in there when I was little girl. It looks scary. I treasured my fingers

 

[diehardbiker]

I missed good o'le fan! Especially those made of metal.

Metal fan blades blows much more than cheapo plastic. Safety was a factor for the change, but the real reason for plastic is cause it is much quieter than metal blade types.

Still can buy brand new metal bladed fan but they aren't cheap.

 

[Jiro]

I wonder how you protected your kids from fans back then? Look at the picture. I've one of those fans. It made me curious how parents were able to watch kids back then. Those fans must have been dangerous. Today's fans don't have opening like that. As a kid back then, how did you resist putting your hands in a fan like this?

simple - Positive Punishment

 

[diehardbiker]

He has point, every kids do learn lesson the hard way. For example one of my kid refused to listen and wanted to play with my real lawn mower. As soon as I turned it off. My son wanted to touch the engine so badly. I keot saying no! No don't, you could burn yourself. He don't believe us, we tried to stop him but its too late. He learn hard lesson, from that point he knew what we mean when we warn him. It works afterwards. He cried a lot we poured cold water on his hand.

being 100% safe can be dangerous.

simple - Positive Punishment

 

[Jiro]

He has point, every kids do learn lesson the hard way. For example one of my kid refused to listen and wanted to play with my real lawn mower. As soon as I turned it off. My son wanted to touch the engine so badly. I keot saying no! No don't, you could burn yourself. He don't believe us, we tried to stop him but its too late. He learn hard lesson, from that point he knew what we mean when we warn him. It works afterwards. He cried a lot we poured cold water on his hand.

being 100% safe can be dangerous.

I'll have to pray that the kid won't lose his fingers from learning his mistake! :Ohno:

 

[sonocativo]

I missed good o'le fan! Especially those made of metal.

Metal fan blades blows much more than cheapo plastic. Safety was a factor for the change, but the real reason for plastic is cause it is much quieter than metal blade types.

Still can buy brand new metal bladed fan but they aren't cheap.

Reason for plastic is because it cheap and can mass produce.
Metal was expensive and took time to make by hand with machinery.

We had tons of those fans, big and small, My grandparents were from the late 1800's and they had everything imaginable that is considered dangerous today. Back then we didn't get hurt because our parents beat our asses when we didn't listen, todays kids do as they please and walk all over their parents.

 

[Jane B.]

Reason for plastic is because it cheap and can mass produce.
Metal was expensive and took time to make by hand with machinery.

We had tons of those fans, big and small, My grandparents were from the late 1800's and they had everything imaginable that is considered dangerous today. Back then we didn't get hurt because our parents beat our asses when we didn't listen, todays kids do as they please and walk all over their parents.

I too grew up around this type. I think there may have even been a working one around into the 1980's. I can't remember being tempted by them as a kid. But . . . beating my ass, as you say, was not part of my parents style.

I seem to be a bit older than you and both my mother and I were born when our parents were older (later 30's mothers and early 40's fathers). My grandparents were born in the 1960's and my oldest aunt was born in 1894.

 

[VacationGuy234]

That is more a commercial fan than residential. Residential fans, in the 70's, usually were square and had plastic grating. However, there was probably still a possibility that someone could hurt themselves.

 

[sequoias]

I prefer the all or mostly metal fans even the new ones because of the volume of the air can be blown efficiently than the plastic ones. Yeah, they are expensive but worth it. I bought one for $5 at Goodwill back in Seattle but don't remember what happened to it. I had 2 metal fans.

Ever seen similar kind of fan? I've experienced that at my old job and it does blow a lot of air!

Ever seen this one?

 

[Jane B.]

That is more a commercial fan than residential. Residential fans, in the 70's, usually were square and had plastic grating. However, there was probably still a possibility that someone could hurt themselves.

NO!!!! The one dereksbicycles posted is an old residential fan from much earlier than the 70's! We and many others had them from at least the 1930's based on family photos (I was not born until the 1940's).

 

[dereksbicycles]

I decided to take more pictures of the fan to show you. The fan circle itself is about 14". Therefore, I would think that is a residential fan. I tried to find serial # or possibly year on the fan. I wouldn't find any. I'm sure I can find something if I googled it up.

I just think it's interesting to have old fan. Have something different than just run to Walmart and get one. It does make for a great conversational piece instead of "oh, that is a Walmart fan, blah blah.".

Those of you who grew up with this type of classic fans must feel lucky to have strong wind blowing out of metal blades.

 

[Jane B.]

I decided to take more pictures of the fan to show you. The fan circle itself is about 14". Therefore, I would think that is a residential fan. I tried to find serial # or possibly year on the fan. I wouldn't find any. I'm sure I can find something if I googled it up.

I just think it's interesting to have old fan. Have something different than just run to Walmart and get one. It does make for a great conversational piece instead of "oh, that is a Walmart fan, blah blah.".

Those of you who grew up with this type of classic fans must feel lucky to have strong wind blowing out of metal blades.

Thanks for the additional pictures.

Regarding where I have added the bold — you probably didn't stop to think that at the time these were made, and for quite a number years after, residential air conditioning was not the norm. Sooo that breeze was it!

 

[dereksbicycles]

Thanks for the additional pictures.

Regarding where I have added the bold — you probably didn't stop to think that at the time these were made, and for quite a number years after, residential air conditioning was not the norm. Sooo that breeze was it!

I forgot about that!! Makes me wonder when A/C was invented. Something for me to look up.

 

[Jiro]

I decided to take more pictures of the fan to show you. The fan circle itself is about 14". Therefore, I would think that is a residential fan. I tried to find serial # or possibly year on the fan. I wouldn't find any. I'm sure I can find something if I googled it up.

I just think it's interesting to have old fan. Have something different than just run to Walmart and get one. It does make for a great conversational piece instead of "oh, that is a Walmart fan, blah blah.".

Those of you who grew up with this type of classic fans must feel lucky to have strong wind blowing out of metal blades.

can you turbocharge it so I can install it on my plane?

 

[dereksbicycles]

can you turbocharge it so I can install it on my plane?

Hmm, don't know if the blades are big enough to masquerade as an airplane propeller.

I would hate to ruin a nice original fan that way. But this turbocharging fan...mmmmhmm, maybe that fan needs to be turbocharged.

 

[dereksbicycles]

I prefer the all or mostly metal fans even the new ones because of the volume of the air can be blown efficiently than the plastic ones. Yeah, they are expensive but worth it. I bought one for $5 at Goodwill back in Seattle but don't remember what happened to it. I had 2 metal fans.

Ever seen similar kind of fan? I've experienced that at my old job and it does blow a lot of air!

Ever seen this one?

Yeah, I have seen those kind of fans there and then, but not very often. I guess I need to go out more often.