Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Hi folks
So I'm looking for a pull out swivel for the mill being discussed here. Looks like FlJet provided a photo of one in the picture that shows his boot tips. I may end up making something, but as it stands now, my furling cable is becoming wrapped around the pump rod as the mill pivots over ...

Here's the gin pole base attach point. It's threaded, so the gin pole screws into this base plate. The hard part is just getting the whole thing up to the work platform. I believe this fact alone discourages many folks from trying to lift mills with gin poles.

Hello Jerry
My pole is constructed from 2 inch iron pipe using Ken O'Brock's basic design. Do a search for his windmills and you'll find his site. Take a look at "Photos 2". You'll see on that page his gin pole with some dimensions.
Important from my perspective is getting it attached to the tower ...

Thank you folks! It was a lot of work, but something to feel good about.

Here's an update on my project: Got the tower and mill up. I dug the holes 4 ft deep for the legs. With those 24 inch steel disks welded to the bottom of the legs, I don't believe it's going anywhere. I built and erected a gin pole using Ken O'Brock's basic design. It held up fine and I was able to ...

Hey windy. Tower not up yet. Have two tower caps. One on tower and one under mill on my stand. And yes I’ve overhauled the mill. It’s done. Just need to add oil. Regarding the tower, the one I have was removed from the woods. The legs have 24 inch wide steel disks welded to them. The weight of dirt ...

So, here's the 8 ft wheel laid out on my trailer after unpacking. I've seen some installers first lift the mill and secure it to top of tower, then lift wheel and attach to mill. Others assemble the unit as a whole on the ground and lift the combined unit to top. Not sure how I'll do this. IMG_4486 ...

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Yes, so here's an attached photo of the F-M Model 45 I'm restoring. Hope it's visible.

My tower is going to be about 25 feet above ground after installation. Going to have to rig up a gin pole to lift the mill to top of tower. Ken O'Brock shows one on his website that seems ...

Hello folks. I'm retired in central Florida and love to piddle out in my barn/workshop. Since retiring in 2012 I installed a solar electric photovoltaic (PV) system to supply electric power to my home, built and installed a rainwater harvest system to supply water to my home, and restored two ...