Windmill Restoration

[Kyle_in_Tex]

That 3rd pic has the dog wondering "why would anyone want to climb that high up?".

My buddy just sold an Aermotor without a tower. Needed the blades/fan repaired and who knows what to the internals. Got $300 for it. They hold their value.

 

[looknlearn]

That looks like a nice project you got there. Good to see some of those old windmills in use. I hate to see the old stuff which has lasted for the last 75 years with almost no maintenance be scrapped and the stuff made now won't last near as long with meticulous maintenance. Things used to be made to work and last for decades. Now most things are made so they can sell something and get rich and they have no real thought of the end user. Though I will say, there are a select few companies that still make things to last and their prices match that.

Any way, getting off the soap box, here is a place that restores and sells the old windmills.
American Windmills

 

[AHNC]

I installed a few of them back in the late 70's. They were Bakers. We put one up on the side of Mt St Helena, overlooking Calistoga, CA. We pumped to a 10k gallon water tank. Got it going and everything was great that Fri. Had a bit of a blow that night so I went back up to look at it the following morning and the whole tower was bent back like a flower stem. Plan B, not the factories angle iron tower, worked.

 

[mooseracing]

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Because of the economy and the demand for scrap metal, these old jewels are getting pretty scarce in the state. This is NOT Chinese crap iron....

I've been trying to track one down, but the prices that I have seen, make me think they are made of gold.

Lake Odessa has a place in town that specializes in parts for the old brands as well.

I've been driving the back roads looking, but I have gone north towards Ceder Springs in awhile.

 

[Big Thom]

My uncle had an old wind mill on the family farm. It was still pumping when I was a kid (50 years ago). When he took over the farm, he pulled it down and use his old Case to drag it back into the woods - to rust. I think it was an
old Flint and Walling as the farm was about 15 miles south of Kendalville, IN. where they sued toi make them.
Would the tower and blades still be worth anything today?

 

[Big Thom]

My uncle had an old wind mill on the family farm. It was still pumping when I was a kid (50 years ago). When he took over the farm, he pulled it down and use his old Case to drag it back into the woods - to rust. I think it was an
old Flint and Walling as the farm was about 15 miles south of Kendalville, IN. where they used to make them.
Would the tower and blades still be worth anything today?