We’re putting the finishing touches on a bit of remodeling work in Jonathan’s room.  As I was putting a final coat of paint on the wall the other day, I saw Jonathan holding his old ceiling fan and ‘explaining’ to Jake how it works.

“The electricity goes from the switch to this thing, and then the blades move.”

Pointing at the motor, I asked Jonathan if he knew how “this thing” works.

Jonathan:  “I dunno.”

Dad:  “Why don’t we take it apart and figure it out?”

Jonathan and Jake:  “Yeah!”

We spent the next hour our so dissecting the old fan.  They both did great with the screwdrivers and we eventually stripped it down to the motor housing.  Unfortunately, it was crimped so tight we couldn’t crack it open to see the coil.  They wanted to “blast it with this huge hammer, dad” but I decided to call it a day at that point.

Here are a few pics from the adventure.