Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I have drilled out the spot and rewelded them but it's really hard to find the spot where to drill and not make a mess.

Yes the Beatty wheel brackets are all spot welded on there and almost impossible to remove without destroying the whole sail. It's one of the hardest wheels to repair I find. How bad is the wheel bent up?

You can use the shaft out of the earlier model if it's good, they are the same.
Peter

Heat the spokes where they thred in the hub and they should come loose. Also check the hub for cracks, water gets in between there and freezes and cracks the hub. If the main shaft is bent I wouldn't reuse it, you don't want it to brake and the wheel fall off.
Peter

Hi Jerry, yes lots of penetrating oil and patience. Sometimes if they are really rusted bad you have to sacrifice the shaft and use the torch to get the gears out. The shaft is easy to replace, gears and hub are hard to find. post some pictures so we can see. By the way, I'm in Eastern Ontario near ...

cool, I rebuilt that one, Its a Steel King made around 1898

It doesn't look like anything I have seen up here in Canada.

Windcatcher530 Dan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:11 pm My guess is the ones with the 602 bumpers were later just before transition.

Yes I think you're right.

CTXmiller wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:11 pm Peter,

I thought about your post/photo while in Lubbock today and snapped this photo of a 502 that is there. It lacks those bumps where the buffer would hit.

Thanks for taking the picture, interesting that some have the bumps and some don't. Anybody know why?

Nice find Dan

Dan, I have had this mill since 2010, I was able to buy it at a local auction. I only cleaned it and put it back together. All the bearings were good, I got the tail from Chuck Jones at the trade fair in 2013. All that is mising is the oil flipper, it's broken off. The platform is also original, it ...