Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I looked at windmill parts .com and it appears to be a Butler direct stroke oil o matic. The cross head is oiled by a chain on the back geared model.

Sure! They are a life saver to chase threads with also you can get replacement thread inserts from dakota windmill they will save a hub if threads are stripped out.

Aermotor windmill or Dakota windmill should have them

I will take some pictures of mine and send your way.

It is really coming together nicely. I have a vane sheet and tailbone off of a large Samson. I was wondering if your tail bone has any numbers stenciled on it.

Many of the old ranches in our area had alamo iron/ or samsco pump jacks with gas engines for back up during the summer months. Like the building in the picture they would have the gas engine in a building and trap door they could run a flat belt through.It looks like to me that is a very old setup ...

I think that set of gears laying beside the old engine powered the walking beam.

Since we were on the topic of mushroom clouds and windmills.I found this pic it was taken at the trinity site.

Their is a well in south Tx that was originally drilled as a wildcat oil well in the early 1900's.The oil well did not pan out. So they ended up making it into a water well that well was nearly 2000' deep. From what I heard the cable tool rig that drilled the well was steam powered and that by the t...

cabletool-canon-drilling-3962945-h.jpg Here is pic of a old rig at the ranching heritage museum in Lubbock. On those larger rigs I guess they would bring in a engine on a wagon. I do know some of the old timers would power their rigs with a flatbelt off of the tractor they pulled the rig around with.