Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Hi Guys, I have an adapter plate ( supported an open geared Samson) that came off a Dandy tower. I think Stover were very clever with their marketing, by having an adapter plate to fit just about any tower top. This allowed them to sell a new Samson mill to any customer who had aworn out mill on a ...

Hi , at the end of January I had What my wife calls a medical event, I had a drain tumour removed, this being my third run-in with melonoma. I am now on keytruda and on the road to recovery. Looking forward to thinking windmills again !!!

Hi guys, this is definitely found on Imperial Towers and is the anchor for a ring connected to a chain attached to one end of a pullout lever higher in the tower. Some local mills here in New Zealand qreuired the ring to be over the anchor post to operate. Hope this helps.

Thanks F2r, I'll email you soon.

It is great to be back, many thanks to those who have made this possible!!!!
Many years ago, I came across an incomplete windmill I did not recognise, eventually I was able to purchase it along with a Carlyle Iron Windmill (copy of the Iron Turbine)
All was eventually, revealed as a USWE Model A ...