Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I’d agree, a Baker tower with Stover stub. Airflow is correct on the gearbox.

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Kim, Welcome to the forum. Thank you for the history. Axtell Ever-Oiled windmills are fairly uncommon nowadays to see in my experience. As best I can determine based upon the serial #s and year of manufacturer stamps on the gearboxes, there were around 3,000 Ever-Oiled models produced during the 193...

I bought two from HomeDepot for my Baker Monitor WC rebuilt. They are typically common, like Dan said.

Thank you. I sort of feel like it had the equivalent of two 14oz grease cartridges worth of grease in it. Even the mast pipe had a good amount of grease in it. As greasy as it was, it cleaned up pretty well and was in pretty good shape. It is getting a new bronze front bushing. The bushing was worn,...

Mike, I’ll have to look into Varsol. Thank you. It really only cost me 2 cans of degreaser and 2 cans of brake cleaner…so $13. The brake cleaner worked great in the snoot oil channels. I used a little diesel and had a supply of Zep on hand. Plus it cost me a roll of paper towels, more so for my hand...

This Baker Monitor WB was lubed with grease. :( The grease kept the mice out, so that was a plus. The prior owner said they took it down about 35yrs ago. I used some generic degreaser, Zep and brake cleaner at different points was well as a little diesel fuel and a pressure washer. It was a mess to ...

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Thank you While on the W series, I have two WC vanes with tailbones. One is the older style and one is the newer vertical style. I’ve rebuilt a WC long neck, so the older style vane with 1937 stenciled is most appropriate for it. IMG_0395.jpeg I noted the tailbone affixed to each vane style have dif...