Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Yes, it is not Aermotor. I agree with Paul on probable Woodmanse. There was an Aermotor one close where I grew up. lookout mt davis.jpg A link to more about the Aermotor towers that FS used: http://www.friendsofstregis.org/a-history-of-aermotor-towers-by-fred-knauf/ The other ads on ebay for ...

I looked at the pics again and picked up something I missed the first time. There appears to be in the lower level concrete at grade the end of a barrel? Not sure why but could be a dug well under or a well that had a pit and was filled around? Just be careful of that. Never saw anything like that ...

Your side view pic of the top of the well casing is almost good enough to say that this a traditional setup of a 5 or 6" well casing with 2" drop pipe and wood rod. Those 2 pieces of plate under the T support the drop pipe on the casing top. If that is the type setup it is, the water in the drop ...

Yours for the postage if you want. I can knock the braces off and just send them?

Ron

New spokes whether aermotor or after market
are going to have a different looking brace and not be timed. If your existing spokes are chicago era, you, you want to find two good vintage Chicago spokes

Ron Stauffer

N model was for a 16. M was for 12 & 14. There was also an O.

Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO

The 314 and 314 1/2 were only used with open gear thru 602. A true 702 Chicago spoke the brace is integral with the spoke shaft. Separate part braces are used in repairs and aftermarket where the hub/spokes aren't timed. Take some pics of what you have if you want to have it picked apart... Ron ...

I have gone off that exit different times to work on windmills on the other side of the interstate at Owl Head. I never took a close look at that 1 at the highway. But it has been in disrepair for a long time. The tail, spokes and motor are the only thing Conway, the rest is Chicago. It is a late ...

Some questions to help analyze: 1) Static water level and possible drawdown? 2) Is the gravity bottom check supplied with 442 still in place as well as the Simmons check? 3) When you say prime, I assume you are filling the pipe and it holds but doesnt have system pressure? Priming level above ...

There should also be a check valve off the discharge of the working head and the pressure tank? Back in the day these were set up with 20-40 switches. These type systems were very short lived because pumps come on board and were way more reliable. So I have to ask why it was set up? Head and psi are ...