Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Also the curves in the main frame in the black and white photo make more sense with the newly posted pictures.

This mill has 8 sections so I would guess that it is at least a 12 footer. I can see the similarities of an "Eclipse" style mill, but the Corcoran is definitely more robust especially on the spider. Nice curves on the tail and side vane gives it a little more distinctive look. Anyone have any more ...

These pictures are of the Corcoran Windmill in Las Cruces NMSU. The weight that they used is just an arm weight. No one there that I talked to seemed to know what it was supposed to be. These pictures were taken earlier this month.

What did the governor weight look like? Was it an "Eclipse" style/shape or round like on the USWE?

What does a Star 37 cost? or what's a fair price for one?

Since there are no hazmat suits to be found I figured I better make my own.

Wayne,

Sorry I hadn't seen your question about the safety harness. Attached to the safety harness at about mid torso there is carabiner that attaches to an assender. The assender is a device that is attached to the safety cable that goes up the entire way and is on the front side of the ladder. The ...

The black thing in the picture is the motor that will turn the wheels so that it will spin when it''s on display. If you look to the right of the motor you'll see the chain coupling that connects the two shafts together. The motor is mounted on an angle iron and the motor is bolted to the angle, but ...

Oh btw, in the video where I'm turning down a piece of UHMW round stock, I made bushings to place in the couplings that hold the shafts together. There was too much slop because they were so worn out.

The first time I took one of these apart it had those same bearings inside all the housings that the shafts went through. I never imagined I'd find replacements for them, but I went over to one of the local bearing houses and they asked me how many I wanted. Apparently it's a common stock item, but ...