Goold Shapley & Muir Power Mill

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I made a little more progress on my two the power mills, two new tails.
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Excellent! I like the basecoat!
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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There's only black paint, the Sheetmetal is satin coat.
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That looks amazing!
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Those look great! Details man, details! You can't just dump those photos on us without any description. I didn't remember seeing that you got tails with these mills. I've love to know how you ended up with these beauties.
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Really looks nice. Thanks for posting.
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FlJet wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 7:14 am Those look great! Details man, details! You can't just dump those photos on us without any description. I didn't remember seeing that you got tails with these mills. I've love to know how you ended up with these beauties.
Yes I know I'm not too great in describing things sorry. These two tails are brand new, I made them. I have an original 13ft tail, I made a stencil from it and transferred it onto the two new ones.
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Well they look amazing. I've got a couple of wrinkles in my tail. I've thought about trying to replace mine with new metal, but I think the best option for me is going to be to try and massage them back out. I can think of several tools, and a bunch of skills that I lack. No way I'd end up with anything nearly as nice as yours. If you have any pictures of the process, you'd entertain at least one person on here. It's fun to watch a craftsman in his element.
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Looks awesome Peter. Coolest mill ever. I'm confused about the U shaped cast piece on the back of the mill. Or how the vane attaches. Also wondered about what sort of gear arrangement, final drive, belts? were used at the bottom. I've thought about building my own vanes, as most ive got are shot full of holes. Not sure how to wrap the outside around the rod neatly. This is the nicest one I've found yet, painted it up last night.
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Hi Mike, that u shaped part has two twisted wires that go back on the tail to stabilize it. The regular GSM deal is made like that also, you must have found one of those, they are pretty common. The gear on the bottom in the barn was called a foot gear. Your painting job looks great, what's on the other side?
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