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darrenjttu

darrenjttu

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My in-laws had some outdoor celing fans under thier porch that have "drooped down". Has anybody ever made and replacements? If so what matierial? They probably will be painted white. This will be some good ammo for my wife to justify me getting the new bandsaw. Thanks in advance.

Darren
 
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Darren,

Not to sabotage your plans for a band saw :) but many fan blades are reversible with a different color or pattern on each side. Have you considered seeing if you can just turn the blades over?
 
If turning them over doesn't work, a sturdy plywood cut flush with the pattern with a flush trim bit on a router would work. You can cover the outside edge with a white laminate veneer strip. Synthetic material like the white shelving material sold at Home Depot would also work, but it is probably too thick.
 
When I lived in South Georgia, we had a ceiling fan on our back poarch. I reversed the blades about every six months.

I finally decided to use one as a pattern and cut blades out of plexiglass. That solved the sagging problem.

Just don't try to clean the blades after the fan has been running for a few hours. They build up quite a stactic charge :eek:(DAMHIKT).
 
Dont use anything that will be affected by moisture unless it is very well sealed. Sounds like the fan was not rated for outdoor in the first place.
 
if you feel thrifty and crafty you could make some replacements but as acemrfixit stated you really should replace the fan unit with an outdoor rated one. the proper unit will probably last a lifetime and the indoor unit will keep you busy and possibly be unsafe. just my $.02 fwiw
 
Corian????? sounds like someone bumped their head..........All interier fan blades are made of plywood or solid wood. Just replace the fan, it will be the most effective fix.
 
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You can also just buy replacement blades at the BORG, seal them with spray poly to keep them from sucking up the moisture outdoors.

1/4" birch ply would be good for 'roll your own', and get you that bandsaw :biggrin:....

Mike
 
darrenjttu said:
These blades are past the point of repair. Turning them over just will not work. SO what about matierial. Plexiglass, plywood what else?
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Try the laminate flooring.. like pergo or similiar, it's plastic coated and pretty sturdy.. I'm not too sure about the weight, but should be all that heavy and I would think the 7" wide pieces would be wide enough for the blades.
 
Ok-

For the "get the bandsaw" plan- You can always get MARINE rated plywood, and use the fan blades as a template. The Marine rated stuff is "sort" of going to give you some moisture resistance with the material and a good coating of spar on it. Sometimes it is hard to find Marine rated stuff though....

For the "makes sense" plan- Go to the BORG or the Other place, and get an outdoor fan on sale....and tell them that it was a buy one get one free sale...buy a fan...get a band saw free....LOL....
 
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