Bring cash so the LW won't know how much you spend.
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No worries. He uses the company account.
Shoot...we don't have any issues in that area. She just went out and bought this for herself...me dropping a few hundred at HF isn't even on her radar. ;-)
TPD
the poor dad
summer's almost over - no need for fans now...
Hey!..I wonder if they sell fans?
TPD
the poor dad
Not if biden has his way!Wrong. 24/7 over the bed.
Must, Agree.Wrong. 24/7 over the bed.
Hubby and I were out and about today, had to make a trip to Milts.
As we were driving past it, I casually said "By the way, did you know the new HF is open now?"
My apologies to anyone nearly side swiped by his 4-lane move to make the turn at Wal-Mart to get back there......
As we were driving past it, I casually said "By the way, did you know the new HF is open now?"
My apologies to anyone nearly side swiped by his 4-lane move to make the turn at Wal-Mart to get back there......
glhs837
Power with Control
Hey!..I wonder if they sell fans?
Methinks you both missed the joke
What if he was "only" buying fans? 
Inside joke. SGI and I, both suffering terminal cases of "engineer's disease", which often manifests itself as a bad case of "hell, I can fix that myself", have spent ridiculous amounts of time trying to make a small/cheap/throw-it-away-and-buy-a-new-one electric fan to run properly. So far the fan has won every round.Methinks you both missed the joke
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Know exactly to what you are referring. Tired the same thing once before, on an older fan. Plastic used to hold the windings chipped and hard as a rock. The shaft bushings worn to the extend the fan rattles, vibrated at the high stetting from an up and down motion, or lateral motion, as the fan pushed air pulling the fan then bouncing back. Tired everything to make it quiet again. Cleaned, lubed, micro adjustments where possible, no joy. Even tried to find a used one of the same make and model on eBay, even if just to get the motor. Nope. It's not even made anymore since the old were made in a heavy duty way. But it's still usable, just not in a quiet setting. More for garage use now just to move the air. Though now, thinking about it, I might try packing in some water proof grease in those bushings to see if that'll quiet it down.
Know exactly to what you are referring. Tired the same thing once before, on an older fan. Plastic used to hold the windings chipped and hard as a rock. The shaft bushings worn to the extend the fan rattles, vibrated at the high stetting from an up and down motion, or lateral motion, as the fan pushed air pulling the fan then bouncing back. Tired everything to make it quiet again. Cleaned, lubed, micro adjustments where possible, no joy. Even tried to find a used one of the same make and model on eBay, even if just to get the motor. Nope. It's not even made anymore since the old were made in a heavy duty way. But it's still usable, just not in a quiet setting. More for garage use now just to move the air. Though now, thinking about it, I might try packing in some water proof grease in those bushings to see if that'll quiet it down.
In this case, I believe the sintered bronze bushings have lost their magic. Even after oiling, after a short while of continuous running ,the oil gums or or just goes away.
You've got a machine shop downstairs.... make a new one!
The mechanical engineering dpt has the problem well in hand. Gonna mount two of these on the fan cage, with a hose to each fan bearing. Each oil filling should last a few weeks and keep the fan quiet.
We jeanwisses.
Trying to get the old fart that's our machinist to do anything is like pulling teeth.
Maybe that's why he still has all his teeth....
