Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Got that right bob. anyways no new updates guess one body needs extra money.....sam

No new updates seems both my boys fell off the planet. Guess their life got in the way so. Don't know..sam

I sure will Todd 'still waiting for some young bloods cause my ole bones no way going up there LOL as far as machining the main shaft, thats high school 101 and then the tapered pins so that calls for a tapered reamer
that I do not have so I think it will be keyways with set screws .......sam

confusing oil topics? we had a Ford skidd steer loader that specified #10 non detergent or hydraulic oil. So we poured in 5 gals of #10 and new filters never had a problem. So my thoughts are tractor hydraulics are more
precision than straight cut windmill gears with babbit or parts run on cast iron ...

HY Todd, its a 8 foot wheel, run in oil, it was delivered March 1973. My only holdup is setting a date when
my two sons are available along with the bucket truck. No way these ole bones going up there lol. Actually machining a shaft is freshman high school easy lesson. And next is the tapered pin ...

Yes tapered pins I have been into these mills in the past....

Short story; at my sons farm one day the wheel found on the ground all bent up. The main shaft snapped
in the area of the shaft seal. So first I will ask here, nothing on ebay or the net. Its a Heller Aller 'Baker"
run in oil /Date of mfg. March 1973. Push comes to shove no choice, to machine one (I ...