Wonder tail, Challenge Steel everything else?

[babraid]

Hi Everybody -
Out poking around Weld County in Colorado and came across this guy. It's got a Wonder tail, and I suspect a Challenge Steel side vane and governor weight? Did the Steel have a governor weight? The Field Guide mentions a "multiplying lever".

Thanks in advance for any thoughts

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Don't believe it's a Elgin wonder Mill they were oil baths. Could be a open gear Elgin don't see them up here. Looks like the tower was stubbed maybe. Don't know about the side vane looks like a add on.im thinking a Johnny Cash Mill.

[babraid]

Johnny Cash mill?

[windybob]

Multiplying lever in Dempster terms is an arm the sticks out of the head up close to the tail pivot. Makes the spring work a little different. Or it stick out from the tail pivot. either way, it gives the spring a different action. Not sure about what you have there. Side vanes are for the wind to push to help get the wheel out of the wind.

[Wayne]

That looks like an Eclipse Head that someone has put a Wonder vane on. Eclipse had the side vane. The weight arm looks like what's on a n Eclipse the weight being different.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Now I study it better i believe your right Wayne about it being a eclipse. !!

[babraid]

Thanks to everyone for your helpful thoughts and explanations

[Ron Stauffer]

Barbara
Well if you haven’t run across Tony Baloney yet, you likely have now seen his work! One of the redo I did of his work was at Frightmare where he twisted the top of an Aermotor tower to fit up to a monitor tower cap and attached the storm stay in a twist below to put a 10’ Monitor on a 8’ 3 leg Aer tower. His work really doesn’t quite fit the creativity category...

Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO

[Minnemiller]

For a second there I thought another Terrible Swede had been found! Just an Eclipse though as mentioned. Here's the only Terrible Swede I'm aware of that has been discovered.

[windybob]

Where was that located?