Windmill part?

Have a part you can't identify? Did your parts get mixed up in the shop? Curious if that chunk of metal is a part you should keep? Not sure what kind of windmill or tower you have? Post photos of the mystery object here for the community to help identify.
mtblah
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Re: Windmill part?

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Just received the January issue of Farm Collector magazine.
on page 27 it shows a Owatonna Windrower , figure #5 , the shaft with the wooden blades.
appears to be the same
mystery solved.
NOT a windmill part
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Re: Windmill part?

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Wow, what luck! I spent a lot of time on the web trying to ID that part. Didn't find a thing. Searched all kinds of old equipment, and tried to match the mark. Found nothing. Great job Mike!
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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Re: Windmill part?

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Thanks again for solving the mystery. Any way you can post the picture from the magazine? I’m not a subscriber, yet.
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I would like to see it also.
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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Re: Windmill part?

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January issue of Farm Collector magazine article.
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Thanks! That's great!
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
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Re: Windmill part?

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Those two reel shafts are not the same. One has only 2 hubs for reel blades
and the one in Farm collector has 3.Also Mike`s has a gear while
the one in Farm Collector has a pulley that is belt driven by a stationary
engine. Mind you the gear drive probably predates engines and was driven
from a ground drive which also tells me it may have come from an older machine.
Just my observations and am subject to further research.
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Re: Windmill part?

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I'm wondering if it is a Milwaukee sold by IHC. The leaning hub on the end of the shaft away from the gear I think is backwards the arms would be leaning out as in the photo. A Milwaukee would also explain the M on the arms.
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Re: Windmill part?

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I've seen those before its for a binder. The wooden spokes bolt to those hubs and then wooden slats across. The gear goes to a ground drive or "bull" wheel lots of that stuff out here in Sask.
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Re: Windmill part?

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Refer to the Farm Collector magazine January 2021
page 26 shows a windrower, very similar design.
My vote, a piece of farming equipment.
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