Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

True. Well if I hear back from the seller I'll try to go look at it Wednesday. It's funny, the town it's located in is Elgin tx! The more I talk about it the more I want it lol

Oh okay haha. I wonder how difficult finding a crosshead would be. Or possibly making one from scratch that would function close to the original.. hmm

I see, that's pretty interesting there are many different versions of the same mill. I know the museum at the trade fair has one that is wooden wheel and tail, very nice looking mill. I'll see if I can get him to come down a little on price, not sure if I feel like spending $500 right now hahaha

I think you are correct. Not many pictures online of a tip top, not even in the field guide. But the ones I found indeed do look alot like it. It also appears this same one that was discussed here last year that was for sale in Buda. Definitely looks like crosshead assembly is missing, I suppose it ...

Hello all, I just saw this mill for sale near me. Seems to be an open geared with a tail vane and also a counter weight. Hard to tell in the picture, but to me looks like the counter weight was some custom job and not original. But what do y'all think?

Thanks y'all!! Haha yea yea I get it, I'm but a youngin!
Mike everytime I see you I'm going to start asking if you're wearing the shoes that are older than me!

Oh no! Well that is unfortunate, you know I've already been there. Twice. Haha. At least it didn't land on your foot. From experience, I noticed this cast iron stuff sure if fragile. They really ought to invent something stronger!!

What type of oil and/or grease should be used in this mill? A nondetergent 30wt or something thicker like corn head grease?

Gregg hit the nail on the head about the white demo tractors. Dealers were supposed to repaint them red before selling. Most were, but a few weren't. Those that still have the original white paint are extremely collectable. Some ex demo tractors were repainted to white by collectors aswell, I ...

Kenneth, that would seem to match the b&w drawing in old pamphlets. I'll try my best to recreate the color pattern as close as I can. It seems these mills are were quite a bit more colorful that I previously thought! Can't wait until mine is up any flying