Do I have a problem?

Talfuchre said:
I have a ceiling fan in my bedroom where each blade has a metal edge.
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Alright. I'm a bit disappointed in all of ya.

TF posts that he has metal edges on his fan blades and no one even asks which steel it is before making recommendations? :confused:

If its high carbon go with a convex grind.
Stainless - Scandi.
Infi - Full flat grind.
D2 or other "semi-stainless" - I tend to like a hollow grind but on blades that big, full flat as well.

Second. Can you imagine the shower of sparks if you square off the spine of each blade, put the fan in reverse and stick a ferro rod in it? :eek:

R
 
I saw this cheap action flick once where the hero uppercut the home invader into the ceiling fan and it knocked him out. You could one-up him with a fan that will decapitate!

The hard part is convincing the home invader to stand directly under your fan.......
 
The ceiling fan question goes without saying, you definitely have a problem...and that problem is, nobody uses a knife to cut air, so you have no basis on the edge geometry. I would go the a sabre grind and secondary bevel.

And for those who haven't watched the video that Mentor linked...you should...LMAO.
 
You need to see the Mythbusters episode where they wanted to see how much damage a ceiling fan could do. They used ballistic gelatin and a spine from somewhere. Eventually they used sharpened metal fan blades mounted on a lawn mower engine (I think). It still didn't completely sever the head.
 
It just occurred to me that in the short feature in Monty Python and the Meaning of Life the corporate pirates use fan blades for swords!
 
Um, clearly what you would want in this application is actually a chisel grind, with lots of pitch to the blades to really push the air. And I would use a narrow steel blade, molded into a superlight FRN main blade. As far as steel selection, go with AEB-L.

Oh, and some nice damascus pulls, on INFI chains.

BKRHD
 
I think you are fine, my ceiling fan blades are:
  • Fully Serrated
  • Combo-edge
  • Plain edge
  • Scandi
  • Convex

;)

OK now that I think about it - you need help - but don't we all? :confused:
 
Sharpened ceiling fan blade? Not a good idea man. I know a kid the got almost killed when a ceiling fan fell on him. Fortunately he is still alive but the fan took out one of his eye a made a big gash on his head. Believe me I was there when it happend. No if the blade where sharpened that would have been a completely different stories.
 
stitch_paradox said:
Sharpened ceiling fan blade? Not a good idea man. I know a kid the got almost killed when a ceiling fan fell on him. Fortunately he is still alive but the fan took out one of his eye a made a big gash on his head. Believe me I was there when it happend. No if the blade where sharpened that would have been a completely different stories.
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Um.....Wow, just wow. Clooney, Pitt, & Linus, O13, lost in translation.
 
wait... I'm having a hard time understanding the question... 'cause based on what you're saying, you seem to need help sharpening the fans or deciding which way to sharpen them... either way, make up your mind on which so we can all help you out.
 
I, actually, have a huge scar from installing a ceiling fan.

33 stitches in my face. The hanging bracket broke - the fan fell - I leaned to catch it - it caught the wires that I had already twisted in - bounced up and the 16 guage steel can that goes against the ceiling slammed into my chin.

Have you ever seen you own skull.... I have. ;)

TF
 
This gives me an idea for a good fly catcher. Those electric bug zappers like the one used in the entry way are noisy when the flies get zapped. Perhaps one could use a blue bug attractant bulb and sharpen up the blades or install a length of box cutter blades on one of these cieling fans with the lamp, and just silently chop up the offending insects. Then just sweep up the 'cuttings from the floor and feed them to the birds.
 
good one bufford. and when the blades get dull, you turn the fan on backwards and use a fed ex cardboard box to resharpen the blades ;):D
 
Hey Richard that is a great idea. The self sharpening unit will be the premium model, marketting the unit should be easy since so many people have problems sharpen blades anyways.;)
 
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