Mystery tower

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.
Mike Hage
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Not a very good picture but the top angles are sort of mortised together. I was looking for pictures of another belll hub tower top but could not find any. The double truss rod connectors also stood out to me
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Peter vk
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Here are a couple of pics of Toronto towers
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Windcatcher530 Dan
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I can see now the top of the tower is notched like an aermoter.They look like they're built well also i like the steel gussets that the X braces hook to. Thanks for the pics Peter
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My tower had a Toronto Bell hub on it when I bought it. Looks just like the the above.
I mounted my Aermotor B602 on it. Mast pipe fit perfectly. Very well built and heavy tower.
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They are good towers except the ladder steps are junk on them.
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I totally agree that the steps are very poor. You need a good soled boot when climbing them.
My Monitor L rungs are far better.
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Looks like just flat iron rungs?
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So how many different Torontos are there that couldve gone on this tower? I know of the bell hub and the self oiling were there others?
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There was the Bell hub and the self oiling model. There was also an open geared version which was similar to the star 12 from F&W. I have a parts list of that one, but have never seen one before. It would be a rare one that I would like to find one day.
the mast pipe in the first picture isn't Toronto its probably Aermotor
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Peter can you post a picture of the star windmill parts list i would like to compare it to F and Wallings parts. Thanks
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