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by windybob
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
Topic: FM Eclipse found today. Model? Worth getting?
Replies: 80
Views: 3322

Re: FM Eclipse found today. Model? Worth getting?

Glad it decided to cooperate. Good deal!
by windybob
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK ?
Replies: 6
Views: 168

Re: OK ?

Ya'll look down for a second instead of looking up. Everything has 2 shadows.
by windybob
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: twisted wire tower braces
Replies: 12
Views: 247

Re: twisted wire tower braces

Stover twisted wires have a slightly smaller loop for the eccentric, as are the eccentrics smaller than Dempster. I have many Dempster tower wires of differring lengths. Joe, sounds like you are perfectly capable of twisting up what you need. To answer your question, years ago there was a person who...
by windybob
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Well and Cistern Discussion
Topic: Flint & Walling working barrel rebuild
Replies: 4
Views: 174

Re: Flint & Walling working barrel rebuild

hold one end in a chain vice, and see if the other end loosens. I would hold the top, and try to unscrew the bottom. The reason is, if you get the bottom off, you can lightly hold the barrel and heat the top and maybe loosen it. If you heat the bottom, and it has anything other than brass in it, the...
by windybob
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
Replies: 8
Views: 259

Re: I "don't need to take pictures!"....

In a regular #12, the gears in backwards make the head lock up when you try to rotate it. Plus the pitmans push straight up on the crosshead, not push sideways. The independant gears are a good idea in my book. Allows for a little play. When companies come out with a particular model, it seems that ...
by windybob
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK ?
Replies: 6
Views: 168

Re: OK ?

We got a sprinkle.
by windybob
Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
Replies: 8
Views: 259

Re: I "don't need to take pictures!"....

Burt, I have my addendum catalog dated 1941 for Dempster 7, 8, 10, 3, 4, 9 mills. I was hoping there would be an early diagram of the #12 pre- full circle oil seal. There was not. I will scour my computer for a picture of the old seal I believe I drew for someone. In the meantime, from the end of th...
by windybob
Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: Projects - Windmill
Topic: Kevin's b602 project
Replies: 16
Views: 362

Re: Kevin's b602 project

here in north central Oklahoma also.
by windybob
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: Technical Discussions - Windmill
Topic: I "don't need to take pictures!"....
Replies: 8
Views: 259

Re: I "don't need to take pictures!"....

I have one more place to look. Have not found any so far.
by windybob
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday
Replies: 8
Views: 154

Re: Happy Birthday

Hope you have a great day. Happy Birthday!