Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Very nice pic Paul! I was half through dinner and started thinking of our ole friend Roger and his yearly Christmas feast photo.

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Almost missed getting this posted ... Hope you had a nice day Bob.

mtblah wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:09 pm maybe its a shallow water pump for a boat bilge that has a fire in the engine compartment ?? thus the squirt end ........

Very nice Kenneth!! I like your spacer idea, so simple but I never thought of it ... LOL.

Sorry for the delay, busy weekend!! I dug and dug through my files and cannot find the babbitt pouring or vane skinning article. The only one I can find is the sail restoration article. However, scroll down to the bottom of this link (on you know who's website). http://www.windmill-parts.com/id36.ht...

There was a tutorial written years ago by AJ Wodack on re-skinning this particular vane. It also covered the seaming of the 2 pieces. I don't remember if he discussed the actual reason the skin was patched in like this, but if anyone has the article or can see where it is, it would be worth reviewi...

I have had varying results with electrolysis ... I think it just depends on the makeup of the iron. Yes you can use regular molasses. not sure what the dilution factor is. I think molasses is very slightly acidic, but has natural chelating agents that remove the rust (basically what POR 15 is). I us...

Ed , you are probably right . Melt brass & pour similar to lead based babbit , only hotter . Have any of the gentlemen with more years of experience melted brass & poured ? You would have to preheat the iron part to basically brazing temps & probably flux. I mostly melt aluminum, only b...

mtblah wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 7:12 am large oxy / acetylene torch

I have a foundry furnace. I have always wanted to test pouring molten brass in a situation like that ... Similar to pouring babbitt.