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Re:Early electric fans by scottlocklin on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:29AM (#23489886)
I thought they were too much when I was in grad school in the 90s and you could find them on ebay for $500.... $500 for a goddamned fan! Well, it's not like they made more of them since then, and many have been parted out or thrown away.

Those pancake fans are really cool!

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Re:Early electric fans by mattkrause on Thursday June 11, 2020 @12:48PM (#23490725)
Oh, no argument that they look cool. I was just expecting the price to be a lot lower!

Does anyone make good-looking modern reproductions?

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Re:Early electric fans by scottlocklin on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:09PM (#23492295)
Nope. But for $20k you could probably pay a skilled machinist to make you a couple of them.
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