Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

Kenneth