Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I forgot to say, the 14' power mill is at Dan Benjamin's shop right now. I had patterns for the gears made which were poured at a foundry in Sioux City and then machined in Hospers, Iowa. Everything fit together okay but there was a spot in the gear rotation that seemed a bit "sticky" and I asked ...

IMG_9664.jpeg #1. Put up the tower for my 14' Southern Cross. (It's cemented in and the gearbox work is almost finished) #2. Just stood up my Eli tower and it will be cemented into the ground by tomorrow night. (The ELI machine is close to being finished) I included a vintage ELI photo--Check out ...

The best thing that happened to me was finding an odd, round shaped brush at a garage sale (see photo): I couldn't resist a bargain even though I didn't know what it was for. Then a couple of years later, someone said, "what are you going to do with that stencil brush?" It didn't even occur to me ...

I guess what I'm trying to ask is, does a pump with this kind of gearing pump MORE water per stroke? Or, maybe, is it designed to lift water EASIER? It might be interesting to see what claims an advertisement from that time would say. I'm going to check some of my old catalogs and see what I can ...

Gosh, maybe I should have left that smell alone; I wouldn't want anyone to think my pump isn't ancient! Later today when I'm supposed to be doing something else, I'll sneak into the workshop and saw a piece of wood for a quick handle just to see how the rollers, etc. work.... My pictures were taken ...

I promised myself that I wouldn't look at FB Marketplace for awhile: Well, that promise only lasted an hour, or maybe, two! So, I went and bought a pump that I've never seen before and I don't know how it works either. For a change, nothing seems broken, but while we drove it home, it sure smelled ...