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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2023, 01:05:21 pm »
Odd, very odd...  ???
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2023, 03:58:01 pm »
Quote from: Damnfmaschine on January 14, 2023, 07:43:21 pm
Here, I’ve borrowed a photo of one from another site for you Jim.
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Walter......do you know the backstory to this?
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2023, 05:40:14 pm »
Well, an image search came up with this for me:

Walker Indestructible fan, Trencherfield... © Chris Allen
This was the standyby ventilating fan at Sutton Manor Colliery and driven by a cross compound engine that is now preserved in the Trencherfield Mill complex
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2023, 01:06:58 am »
Quote from: Stoker on January 15, 2023, 10:17:23 am
Awesome ...... what does the plaque say?
The original post where I found the photo said that it was used for ventilation of an underground mining operation.
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2023, 01:04:58 pm »
Quote from: Damnfmaschine on January 16, 2023, 01:06:58 am
Quote from: Stoker on January 15, 2023, 10:17:23 am
Awesome ...... what does the plaque say?
The original post where I found the photo said that it was used for ventilation of an underground mining operation.

That would perhaps explain the curved blades.
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2023, 01:36:03 pm »
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Re: Baker Fans
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2023, 12:14:11 am »
Looking at the huge fan, mine doesn't look so out of scale.

I built mine larger so it wouldn't have to spin so fast. I'm thinking that is safer for fingers.
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