Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Yes …in fact Eddie is picking it up today.

Ruralites are not at all common. It’s a great find Josh.

Thought I’d post a few pics of what I’d call a preservation effort on Josephine’s early Jacobs. It will soon be on display at the American Windmill Museum in Lubbock. It may be the earliest known 1500W Jacobs, dating to about 1933. It’s very similar to the Jacobs wind electric plant used by Admiral B ...

I don’t know the brand of varnish they used. Literature and documents I have just say “high grade weather proof varnish.” Three coats were applied and the first coat was allowed to dry 3 days before sanding.

If it’s going outside to spin, I’ve used clear epoxies and spar varnish but prefer minwax polyurethane, gloss holds up best against uv.

This dwg shows the unique mounting features for the 1215 streamliner tail.

If you want a stab at the energy it can produce take the power rating (225W for the 1215), multiply times a capacity factor of 20% which gives you the average power that machine will produce over time in nominal conditions. Multiply that by 720 hrs/mo and you get 32kW-hrs….its a ROM number but b ...

Do you have pics of the parts you have? I check to see if I have any drawings. It used a 31” air brake governor. That governor begins to actuate at 875 rpm and is full open at 910 rpm assuming it has the correct springs.

Thanks for the words of encouragement Mike. Still much to do.

Great finds Josh! Please keep posting your pics.