Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know I know Mike! Haha. Here ya go

That's probably what I'll have to do as well then. The grain runs vertical on the old bearings. There was also metal plates tacked to the sides of most of the bearings, maybe to hold them together...

Well here I am starting yet another projects thread haha. I got the tip top mostly disassembled. The rear bearings and crank gears bearings came out in mostly one piece and could probably be reused if I had to. I was NOT expecting to see how big the piece of wood is that reaches into the crankcase! ...

Ya know if you drove down just a little further to San Marcos you can come enjoy the glass bottom boat tours we have here in the headwaters of the San Marcos river, spring lake!

Ah okay, well hopefully the die in it is a 3/8. Hahaha and no problem Mike, anytime

Well I just ordered a roper whitney off ebay. Though not sure what size die is in it. Guess I'll find out when it gets here. I'm assuming 3/8 is the usual size for the towers or 1/2?

Ooohhh I didn't think about that. Using an angle grinder, that should work good enough. Thank you! Haha. Oh I feel like Id definitely want the racheting one, how much do they tend to go for?

Well I guess I'll definitely keep an eye on eBay for a punch now, seems quite necessary for this hobby haha. Hopefully I can find one before I have to start building my towers. Also is there a special punch for making a hole right in the corner of the angle iron? I'll have to make some holes there f...

Probably muuuuch faster and easier to punch them out than drill. I wish I had a punch, I'm going to have 3 separate towers I'm going to have to build for my mills!