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I've ran across several cheap "drugstore" fans from the '40's and '50's that were past saving. Most of the ones that I couldn't fix had either bad bearings or broken oscillator mechanisms. Of course, the bearings might have held up longer had people lubricated them properly. OTOH, the better fans (Emerson, GE, Westinghouse, Hunter, etc) usually are fixable without any serious issues. Still, the cheap drugstore fans are better than most of what comes out of China today. In fact, I have several cheap fans that run fine; but, I keep them oiled.
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