Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Ron thanks for the information .The knowledge and history you have on these mills from installing and servicing these mills is a lost art. The helmet has the lip and I assume the handle in the bag is for helmet since it has two holes drilled .I’m going to replace the helmet with a steel one for dura...

Started sorting the tower parts. The supplied hardware for the tower is the regular hex nuts instead of square and galv. Probably going to go with galv hardware instead and made the list to order from Site Pro/ valmont . How do you determine the manufacturer date from the tag on the gear box? Also w...

I work a lot and drive a lot just been busy with life but keeping up the hunt in the state I travel in for a mill . All the leads I get have been 6 hours plus and with only so much free time and logging 800 miles on average during a 5 day long work week the family life gets in the way . Last week I ...

I’m not that far from either of those areas I76 and 70 . I travel east to west daily in Pa . Penn State is less than 30 minutes from me .

Thank you for the replies confirming my thoughts . The hunt will continue this summer and if I have no luck I’ll look at a new mill and tower.

Hoping some one can help me decide. Been looking for windmill project and have found a Aero motor B702 10’ with a 21’ tower. It needs restored and is broken down . The tower Galv is real good and the gear box looks decent. The springs and cast pieces should all blast and paint nice. Been sitting for...