Pumping Iron Restoration

[zzvyb6]

Here is my latest venture into restoration of old farm iron. It's a Flint & Walling Star 37 Zephyr Windmill. Resurrected from a scrap burial pit here in Michigan. The Zephyr has a distinct look because the fan sails are narrower at the outer edge, unlike all other windmill fan designs. This baby turns counter-clockwise, too. Its actually the second antique windmill of this model I have restored and put up on the property. I have one other, a Star 26 model that I put up 24 years ago on a bitter cold Christmas day. I also have #4 now in the workshop waiting for a warm day, some angle iron and some nickle rod. (The banner flags are there so that the local hot air balloons don't miss it, since its a new addition to the terrain).

 

[Marveltone]

Very nice! I love the old windmill pumps! I hope someday to get one, but they can be expensive and hard to find up here.

Joe

 

[RDrancher]

Very nice!

 

[Bob77064]

Excellent job.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Great job. No one around here would throw any part of a windmill away. I would love to have one but they are just too costly for me.