Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I took a picture of the west side of the tower top/gearbox this evening...I just couldn't get a good shot early in the mornings. Also a close up of a piece of ladder section I found today...a bit broken but it's just angle and flat iron riveted together. "L" brackets are steel, not cast. N...

Not me Wayne...I've not strayed too far from Northern Wisconsin yet this summer...

Here's the gears I found and a chunk of cast iron?...Realize they could be from a hay rake or anything else around here. I'll clean them up in the next few days. Pics of the tower also and ladder. Ladder looks like flat iron rungs and angle iron legs. I found some markings on one leg of the tower th...

yep...looks like a trap door on the head... I've looked at the legs...so far no clues there...I will take pics of the tower though, tomorrow and look closer....ladder pics too. I agree the tail pin looks like it belonged there. As the story goes my brother in law put the pipe and small pulley over t...

You folks are incredible! I'm just struck by the help you are giving me with this windmill adventure. So today I hauled the wheel sections out and laid them on the ground...then took a handfull of nuts and bolts and clamp and put the wheel together...roughly together. Here's a surprise, the wheel is...

Ed...here's the last three pics from the first post... Also, the mill is a powermill. My father in law and brother in law have told me some stories about the mill. The granery line shaft actually ran through the wall to the barn yard where they used the windmill to also run a firewood cutoff saw. I ...

OK...I took some pics of the top of the tower and gearbox. I used my phone and a pair of binoculars...not a handy way to do this... too funny. I'll attach...that and one more wheel parts pic.
I appreciate your help folks.

I need to figure out a way to get a close up pic of the gearbox on top. I'll tell you, I've looked at this with binoculars and a telescope...not markings or anything on it. I need to find a kid with a drone...

Tower is in good shape. Fan is excellent no spokes or hub or anything...wish I had more parts. I plan on laying the tower down this fall. The location of the tower in relation to the barn will help a bunch...I'm going to run a cable over the barn. At a minimum I'd like to at least tighten up the tow...

I have a windmill, or some parts of one, that I'm trying to ID and maybe restore or at least find some information on the mill. This is a powermill with a vertical shaft down the center of the tower. That shaft turned a double end gear to run grainery equipment and fill silo with a bucket conveyor. ...