ID brand from tower cam?

kozzy · Post by **kozzy** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:42 pm

I don't even know if this one possible and I'm obviously no expert on windmills here--

Friend had a downed windmill when he moved into his place 40+ years ago. Head was already gone and he disassembled the tower to get it out of the way. Now that he's an old geezer looking into history of his place, he was wondering what type of windmill it might have been. All he has that might give some ID clue is the cross wire tensioner cams from the tower as shown in the photo.

Just curious if they point to any specific brand that I can tell him or if they are too generic or tower specific to go with a windmill brand.

Thanks for any help or insight.

Note that the lines on the photo are 1/4" apart.

Tower Cam.jpg

windybob · Post by **windybob** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 5:10 pm

From one old geezer to another old geezer.... Either Stover or Dempster. Putting my money on Stover.

CTXmiller · Post by **CTXmiller** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 5:56 pm

I went and looked at the two towers I possess that have those after Kozzy posted the photo and those two were: Dempster and Stover. Both looked very similar, if not identical. However the Stover had some faint markings (part #) on the reverse and I failed to see any markings on the Dempster. Thereby, I’d agree with the old geezer(s)...Stover or Dempster.

JLM · Post by **JLM** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:23 pm

Most dempsters did use a wood board for the bottom girt usually all that is left is a little strap bolted to the tower leg

Dave Straub · Post by **Dave Straub** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:56 pm

These appear to be Dempster. After taking apart 50 some towers and saving parts and scraping the junk we have 4 different sizes of Cam washers from different makes of towers,

kozzy · Post by **kozzy** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:46 pm

Thanks, All. I'll pass the info on.

There is no casting number on the back as mentioned by CTX so I'll assume it's not the stover version for now.

windybob · Post by **windybob** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:41 pm

I really don't know if I've ever seen a number on any of them.

CTXmiller · Post by **CTXmiller** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:52 pm

Took a photo or three of the Stover cam with the most pronounced casting #. The others were more faint. I’ll adjust my opinion to the Dempster category upon a second viewing.

windybob · Post by **windybob** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:40 pm

Maybe I better look closer. There really are numbers!

pcowley (RIP) · Post by **pcowley (RIP)** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:32 pm

I vote for dempster. They were not real consistent about having parts numbers .

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