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[windybob]

Ok I will do that today sometime. Glad you brought it up, because like I said, I have one also, and I could swap a wheel off one of the WG's I have. Thanks for the idea!

[JaySz]

Glad I could be of help.

[windybob]

I made a template and put it on my original F/M hub. It looked very close, if not even a match. The measurements are, from center , holes on the small front hub look to be 1 1/2 out, and the large hub about 3 inches out from center. I'm thinking that it's do-able. The distance between the front and back hub is right around 7 inches. Thats the faces of both. Let me know what you come up with!

[JaySz]

Will do. I'll check it out when I get home tonight.

[JaySz]

Hey Windy Bob, I just took all the measurements of my hub from the points you said you measured from. I got the exact dimensions you did. I think we can conclude the 2 hubs are one and the same.

[windybob]

Don't know if they are the same, but they measure equally. Good for us! Thanks!

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Bob is your open gear the same as Jason's the model 1905 or the 1895 Fairbanks?

[JaySz]

I was curious to that as well..in a previous post Bob said he thought his mill was the earlier rendition.

[windybob]

From what I've read mine is the earlier 'FAirbanks' model. I think there was a difference in the 2 shafts configuration. I think one was even with the other, and the second one the shafts were offset. If I remember. The windmill 'bible' states the difference.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Also the Fairbanks model has a governor arm and weight.