I've restored and use several US-made regulators and after watching the video on a Beatty regulator at Alec Peirce's Ranch, I've decided that I really need one! Anybody have one for sale? Anyone coming to the Trade Fair with one? (I'd prefer a complete one, but would consider all others...)
Burt
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- Sun May 12, 2024 3:49 am
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Beatty Windmill Regulator
- Replies: 0
- Views: 64
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion - Windmill
- Topic: Degreaser
- Replies: 13
- Views: 606
Re: Degreaser
Several months ago I bought a 14' Southern Cross that was COMPLETELY filled with grease and then I COMPLETELY underestimated the amount of time it would take to clean it out. With two rolls of paper towels, a garbage bag of clean rags, a putty knife, and close to six miserable hours, I got things c...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
- Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 397
Re: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
Windy, When you say, "the gears in backwards", are you talking about the pinion gears? I haven't even loosened the large gears but I'm pretty sure that when I put the pinion gears back on the shaft, they got mixed up (as far as which direction they travel). Only one side of them has the c...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Lessons Learned
- Topic: learned how to pour babbitt
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11520
Re: learned how to pour babbitt
The fish butchering machine reminds me that a long, long time ago, I worked with a guy who helped invent skinless hot dogs. He said the crew all worked 8 hours a day in a big refrigerator and wore fishing waders while standing in piles of hot dog meat and it lasted for over 6 months! Finally, they ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:24 am
- Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
- Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 397
Re: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
Thanks, Windy! That's exactly what I needed! Usually, I can figure things out even when I don't remember to take some photos. I figured manufacturers design mechanisms that assemble only one way so it was a complete surprise how easy it was to get it wrong. (I'd better stop daydreaming and pay bett...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
- Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 397
I "don't need to take pictures!"....
I've never worked on, nor even seen what's "under the hood"of a Dempster windmill. I found a 12A in nice condition with only a "mouse-house" and after pressure washing it out of there, decided that I'd take the main shaft out, replace the bearings and cups, slip it back together...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Workstands
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1929
Re: Workstands
Dan, that ELI is a really early one with the small diameter wheel, the earliest oil box, and the lettering cast into the frame . It's rare enough that it's going to always live in my office. (It should look great next to the model Tim Cook made) One day soon, I'll have to show the one I'm fixing up...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Workstands
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1929
Re: Workstands
Clean floors??? I'm still pretty careful which way I point my camera in the workshop!
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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Workstands
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1929
Re: Workstands
All over the radio right now: "WINTER STORM ARRIVES TODAY BRINGING HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS" With all of that sunlight in the daytime and stars and moonlight at night, how do you guys in South Texas get anything done in the workshop? At least I can rely upon getting weather-strande...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Workstands
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1929
Re: Workstands
I would hate to see the amount of hours that I have spent thinking about and making work-stands! I can tell you, the better they are, the more they seem to become "display stands" and the longer it takes to finish my work. My Grandpa was a blacksmith and I'm sure he is watching me from be...