Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Yes it is and im enjoying it so much. I love anything steel and mechanical and old of course. nothing more satisfying than restoring things

Ha, my wife is a nurse and brings me hundreds of the surgical towels. they quit using them after 2 washings. I'm sure loving this forum. in the last 2 weeks I have read through all the sections on water pumping windmills. I'm from Sioux City where Wincharger/Zenith wind chargers were made. I have a ...

F0EF0657-8FF9-44C7-B7A0-0AD491F06BC7.jpeg 33C4BA78-7477-4BEF-8478-7E19FBA6B5A2.jpeg 701FF721-125D-42AD-9897-CA4B8082BD95.jpeg I made the pin for the tailbone today. Just as few pics of the lathe and mill work. Next up is to make the main shaft for the hub. Mine has some damage where the babbit bear...

I should have taken pics of the setup on the mill.I will in the future. It was nothing to write home about but I took it slow and it worked. The bottom of the gear box has a rectangle protrusion that I clamped in my vise. I have a Kurt Sidewinder vise as well that really comes in handy at times. I u...

B64569D6-3DD7-4748-BD99-F2A10536225F.jpeg E4B3E745-4E43-4663-9D56-D42232C7BC23.jpeg Made some progress on the Aermotor A702 gearbox tailbone bushings. I set the gearbox up in the mill and bored the 2 holes concentric then made 2 bushings on the lathe. I decided on using steel bushings. I will make ...

thanks wind catcher

mtbiah I just checked it out and like the process. thanks Paul

CA8A0307-1AA0-486D-AC9E-11042C552B03.jpeg Hello folks, This is my second post on here in reference to rebuilding my aermotor a702 windmill. The casting on the main casing that the tailbone pin goes through is egg shaped (no surprise after all these years). I am planning on boring it true and bushin...

Thanks Mike, I used to have a machine/welding shop in the 80s.. that farm economy got real bad and I got into law enforcement and mad a career out of that for 30 years. 5 years before I retired I built a new shop and started buying machines. lathe, mill, plasma table etc until I had a fully function...

I forgot, I do have all the upper parts