fan-tastic challenge

hi my lovely people, long time no see, hope you're doing well! I'm able to enjoy the small but for me big joys of life the past 5 months again which is (like last year) the reason miniatures have had to take a back seat even more than ususal. But that doesn't mean it's of my radar! Thanks for your patience and for me not falling of yours ;), I truly appreciate you being here.

I wanted to wait until finished, but too excited about it, so I'd like to show where I am with the latest project I'm working on: an antique table-fan, with a tiny motor to make it actually work! Lot's of fun of course, but as you can understand this comes with some additional challenges.

the ring around the motorpart is still loose at the bottom and from all the brass parts I've ever held in the fire to give it a nice antique look, only the blue thingy has ever turned into that color ;) But it's all going to be painted black anyway

Especially because I got the great idea to make it with a working switch.. ;). I know I know, why right? It's too small actually and I have no clue if it's possible to get it that way, but I do know how to technically make it work (in my non-technical head that is, haha). It's 'just' a matter of getting the tiny parts where they need to go and for the switch to be able to let the current flow through and interrupt it. But it's about tiny parts anyway, so I'm sure I'll manage somehow :D.

the thing I need to tackle right now is to get the rotor blade to fit in the frame while being able to move around. As it is the axis isn't long enough, making the blade too close to the back of the frame. Besides that I don't yet know how to extend the axis in the best way, I'm also very limited with what I can add regarding weight. I'm already not sure if the motor can handle the weight of the blade as it is, will test that as soon as possible.

To be continued..