Goold Shapley & Muir Power Mill

[Peter vk]

That is amazing work you are very talented Peter. Did you do the casting yourself?

There are no castings it's all made of steel
Thanks for the compliments everyone

[Smax]

Wow that is amazing

[Todd]

Very nice craftsmanship Peter!

[hedgerow]

Peter Very nice build indeed.

[Kenneth]

That is some very nice work. Good job.

Kenneth

[Ron Stauffer]

Yes Peter, I am not surprised at your time lament as others doing scaled miniatures have gone before you.

Your fabrication does have more of an appearance of cast as you bevel and form with your welder and grinder. Others that use steel as a sub for cast have more of a tinker toy look for lack of a better description.

I am still looking for that special model of angle grinder that cuts gears but have never found one down here.

I sent my passport in for renewal so if the bridges/border stays open, I will be up to see your work up close.

Great work as usual, Ron

[Peter vk]

Ron, I had the gears and built the rest to make it work. The hardest part was all the furling parts and getting it all to work. I will never make another one like that again.

I'm just going to put this out there, I have a new wooden wheel, tail and some cast parts for a 10ft eclipse mill sitting at Lubbock. I got an eclipse from them for the Steel King mill I rebuilt and Eddy made me a new wheel and tail for it. If I can get the parts to you somehow, maybe you could bring them, just a thought. Or do you plan on flying down here?
Peter

[Ron Stauffer]

Peter
I am on the road looking at windmills to take down. I would drive but don't have a time frame yet. Getting it to me might be easy - trade Fair is in Lamar or my one helper will be in TX panhandle in a week. I will think on time frame while I am traveling, won't be back to home base for several days.

Two things come to mind - first is friends don't let friends buy wooden windmills. The second is what do log homes, wooden windmills, diesel pickups, Corvettes and Texas blondes have in common? Eh?

Ron

[mtblah]

I can't wait for this one !

[Peter vk]

If it works out somehow that's good, if not that's okay too. This will be my first wooden wheel mill that I have if I ever get it finished.

so what do they have in common, I have no idea, Eh