started another

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Why would they just want the wheel and junk the rest?

[mtblah]

Wayne , as usual I believe your right , i have seen that phenomenon before .

[Centex Windmills]

Because years ago a famous decorator used one on a TV show and ever since the wheel is the only important piece to a windmill and only for decorating. The antique and other shops buy up mills take the fans and tails scrap the rest, and they don't care about the actual mill.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

So it's a yuppie thing? What a waste of a windmill.

[Wayne]

YEP! I met a lady with a booth at Canton First Monday Trade Days. She sold windmill related stuff. When I bought my 12 ft Axtell Ever-oil the blades where to far gone to use. I took my plasma cutter and cut a windmill out on them. She bought everyone I did. I had 24 blades. She would buy any thing I wanted to sell. When I bought my Pipe-Raymond the wheel was made out of cedar. I wanted cypress. I sold her the cedar sections, they never had been installed, where still pretty.

[mtblah]

trying out an idea using wooden spool ends as a base under the pump . have not dug the hole for the 55 gallon drum yet so just experimenting to see how long this may last ,
Mike B

[mtblah]

forgot to add photos, gettin' old

[CTXmiller]

Looks good

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

MIKE you butchered up a perfectly good coffee table!!!

[mtblah]

Dan , i have others , would you like some shipped to you ?