Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

That's interesting!

Aha! Thanks for the excellent info. Love the color-coded mill, I was studying that pic and wondering how it oiled itself.

Hi Everybody -
Was the TipTop an open-geared mill? Every pic I've seen of a TipTop has no hood and the gears are exposed, but in the "green book" it is repeatedly described as being an oil-bath.

Does "oil-bath" here refer to it perhaps being partially enclosed? That seems unlikely because on pg ...

Interestingly there was a TipTop about a mile away, so maybe that also demonstrates the Elgin-clustering hypothesis. The owner was really nice and told all about his grandfather putting it up.

Hi Bob -
If you're asking about the Franken-Wonder, it was a few miles northeast of Nunn CO. Let me know if you want more precise directions.

Spoke w Maxine from Atwood, she knew Anton slightly, he ran the elevator there. There are more Dozbaba's in the town still.

Hi James -
Where is KS are you? I know some people in Western KS around the Goodland area.

Thanks to everyone for your helpful thoughts and explanations

Johnny Cash mill?

Hi Everybody -
Out poking around Weld County in Colorado and came across this guy. It's got a Wonder tail, and I suspect a Challenge Steel side vane and governor weight? Did the Steel have a governor weight? The Field Guide mentions a "multiplying lever".

Thanks in advance for any thoughts 🙂