Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

My dad negotiated with the funeral home for the services and burial plots for him and mom. You have to understand that I think my dad would buy a car just so he could haggle over the price - he loved the process. He did the same for the burial plot. He and the funeral director went round and round a...

Happy Birthday Wayne. Hope you have clear skies and a tailwind.

-RP

This article came up on my news feed (it must know what I like). You may see someone you know and its a good lead in to the next trade fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK0kS73nnxw

-RP

Well, while your up that way, I don't know if this does anything for you, but the last scene in the movie Castaway where Tom Hanks is at a crossroads was filmed between Pampa and Canadian. If you put 35.6339, -100.4513 into the search window on google maps it shows the location.

-RP

As I come across these, it would probably be good to know which ones I'm looking for. From the field guide, it looks like models 7AA, 7B and 33 were offered with 6' wheels. Would it be safe to assume that the wheels were interchangeable across those models?

Thanks
-RP

Well, it seemed to turn ok. The ball seat shaved off pretty easy. I pecked away at it with a button insert until most of the divots were gone and I had a good fit with a radius gage. I did shave some off from the inner lip but man oh man it was some hard stuff. I was using a carbide button insert an...

I'll know in a few minutes. I can turn the lips down a little as well to make sure that the only metal to metal contact is ball on race. If worse comes to worse, I'll get a new one but I figured it may be worth a try to save this one.

Thanks all
-RP

I got most of the rust off of the upper turntable race and as you can see, there's a lot of divots from the balls. What would cause this on just one side? Tower wasn't level or something causing the gearbox to be out of balance - or just the nature of the beast? Anyway, I'm going to fixture it on a ...

Thanks Wayne.


-RP

Ron, glad you liked Ah Shi Sle Pah. As you saw, its off the beaten path even more so than Bisti.

-RP