Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Hi Kenneth
I took the pics before we had started to disassemble it. At this point we've taken off everything that isn't rusted solid and we're cleaning and painting those parts. We have the bigger parts soaking in a solution to hopefully free things up. We'll give it a few days and try again. I ...

Thanks for the info Kenneth! I didn’t realize the diameter of the wheel is 8ft! When we bought it, it was disassembled. For the hub, the set screw was missing but we were able to get the key out before we tried taking the hub off. It’s just so rusted solid. We have it soaking in something now to try ...

Hello from Washington state! Last year we purchased a Star 37 windmill to restore. It’s been sitting while we finished some other projects but we’re ready now to start on it. The wheel hub was broken when we bought it but we’ve damaged it further while trying to remove it - I believe it’s part ...