Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Hi Mark, I’m in the process of restoring a B702 Aermotor and old Dempster tower and also want to set it up to demonstrate water pumping. New wells not allowed here and we get our water from a Metro district. Anyway I’ve been researching cistern options and came across this underground cistern. It’s e ...

Thanks for the reply Ron. Good eye. Yes north side of the Palmer Divide. You set up a friend’s old windmill here locally. I've got everything cleaned up and the case painted red primer now. Eighty years of grease and grime was a chore. I’ll check the clearance between the hoop and guide wheel in the ...

Hello all, no photos yet but I did get the B702 motor guts and housing cleaned up. Took two mornings while it was cool, lots of scraping and a three gallons of Superclean, a bristle brush and lots of water but everything is almost touchable now. I have a rebuild kit on order but have a question ...

Thanks for confirming the assembly date. I was told this was a working windmill when replaced with a solar setup. I disassembled the gearbox today. Didn’t look too bad bearing were definitely worn out. I’ll know more after cleaning.

It’s been three+ weeks since my first posting in the Introduction section. I was slowed down by an inflamed tendon in my ankle/foot. Oh well it gave me time to research more about my recent purchase. Anyway just in the last few days I’ve been able to disassemble the blade sections and remove the gea ...

Hello folks. New member here. Also new owner of a vintage Aermotor windmill. Seller said it is fresh off a Nebraska farm and was working when taken down. We’ve been wanting a windmill since moving out onto small acreage. This was sitting on a trailer with a for sale sign just a few miles from home s ...