Make and model of this mill?

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Make and model of this mill?

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An old boy recently gave me this mill. Sadly it is missing the tail but I suspect it to be Challenge. It has 4 sails to the section and was originally painted green at some point. 8 bolts hold the hood on which I’ve never seen before. Looks like a 6 or 5.5 footer. Any help on make and model will help me get this old girl running again!
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It's a 6.5' Samson Air Flow or Sears Champion. Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company.

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Awesome!
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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That Samson vane is cool as heck.
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PaulV wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 9:32 am It's a 6.5' Samson Air Flow or Sears Champion. Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company.


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Thanks a lot! Now to find or rebuild two sections of the wheel and get a tailbone found for it. Sounds like one heck of a challenge if you ask me. Hub has a crack where the grease hole is so I don’t know what I should do if anything for that.
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Mister Ed wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:34 pm That Samson vane is cool as heck.
It very much is. I think finding one for this mill is going to be pretty difficult. Might have better luck building one to be honest.
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I think they only made them for a couple years. That's why parts are hard to get. I think that's the one where the hub is independant of the mainshaft. The hub runs on it's own bearings?
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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Comes apart fairly easy. Cone style bearings.
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CTXmiller wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:06 pm Comes apart fairly easy. Cone style bearings.
Any idea on how to get the nose cone off before I break something? Got the 3 bolts loose without twisting them off so I would call that a win
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windybob wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:42 pm I think they only made them for a couple years. That's why parts are hard to get. I think that's the one where the hub is independant of the mainshaft. The hub runs on it's own bearings?
From what I hear that is the truth. They made them from ‘39 to ‘43 I believe. I had never heard of the brand before
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