Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I got this 16 foot Power Mill home the other day, it's missing some parts but it's in pretty good condition.
Included in the deal was:
16 foot wheel
5 sections of a 14 foot Ideal wheel
12 foot Aermotor wheel
16 foot New Ideal tail
14 foot New Ideal tail
14 foot Ideal tail
and some shafts

Very nice Peter was that mill stored in a barn, no rust!

Wow, nice find!

Impressive find

If the new project turns out as nice as your other mills it REALLY will be outstanding , nice find .

WOW1 What a gold mine.

Was wondering about the ratio of the wheel turning vs the drive line rotation. I always wondered if the driveline turns faster than the wheel, or slower? Guess it needs power, but doesn't it also need speed?

windybob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:12 pm Was wondering about the ratio of the wheel turning vs the drive line rotation. I always wondered if the driveline turns faster than the wheel, or slower? Guess it needs power, but doesn't it also need speed?

I'm not sure yet about this one, but my other two Ideals that I have are 1 revolution of the wheel equals to 6 revolutions of the vertical shaft.

Windcatcher530 Dan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:48 pm Very nice Peter was that mill stored in a barn, no rust!

It's totally seized up so it was probably outside all of its life

Thanks. That's much different than I would have thought.