New Guy with Monarch and Heller-Aller windmills

[sshosier]

Thanks for having me in the group. I was on the old forum many years ago and got everyone's help identifying my first windmill which is a a pretty rare early Monarch direct stroke. I still have that one to rebuild since it needs a lot of work. I'll post up some pictures when I get a chance. I may be interested in trading this one off or selling to someone wanting a rare mill for their collection at some point.

I just picked up a Baker/Heller-Aller Model 28 this last week that got me back out on the internet searching windmills, so here I am. The interesting thing about the HA is that someone had gutted the internals and added a sprocket to run an alternator for electric power. My plan is to just restore this one as a decorative "spinner" to put up at my farm house. Since the internals are already missing, I think I will just mount a couple of pillow block bearings inside the gear box and call it good. The tail, wheel, and hubs are in great shape and I have the top 10' of tower with a good cap and storm stay. I'm just here to have some fun and I enjoy working on old iron things.

[Wayne]

Welcome. Sounds like you have the plan now to make it all come together. Getting it out of your head off the drawing board and into reality. Good Luck!

[windybob]

I tried to find what a Model 28 was to no avail. However I seem to remember touching on this subject some time ago?

A picture sure would be nice.

[windybob]

UPDATE..another thread has the info I needed. A mod 28 is a direct stroke. That means no gears. So the internals would be not near as many as the geared models.

[Kenneth]

Thanks Windy. I thought there was a difference in the two.

Kenneth