Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Happy Birthday!

I've seen those spacer washers before.

nice to see. Thanks!

Glad no bodily damage was done!

If it's just for show, the hub can take all the welding you want to give it.

Apparently, the old Dempster factory has burned down. Saw it on fb, seems to be very recent, not positive.

Ron, Virden is out of the windmill etc business. I see the website has other items. I emailed them, they did get back to me.

PVC is used over galvanized here for water that is not friendly to galv pipe. eats it up in 6 months, galvanized rod is longer lasting, maybe a couple or more years. It is ...

A typical guide.

They don't. They snap (or fasten) on the the sucker rod, (jetrod) close to the ends and middle of the 21 ft run of rod. As the rod runs up and down inside the 1 1/4 inch pvc drop pipe, the guides keep the rod from rubbing on the inside of the pipe. Many water wells use 5/8 fiberglas rod inside a 2 ...

no, If I would have known, I would have kept one from long time ago. There are a couple of guys working with me on it. One is Alan. They are much like the 5/8 guides for the 2 inch pipe, only smaller.