What a wonderful channel. I am a retired mechanic and love the simplicity of these windmills and you are so informative in telling us how each component works and how things are assembled. These machines truely are how we were able to populate a continent in areas without ground water available. I worked cattle in central Texas for several years and don't remember seeing more than a handful of windmills. You are now one of my saved playlist.👌
You just made our day! We love hearing that!!!!!! They truly are amazing and will die out if we don’t get the word out. That’s what we’re doing. Thank you again!!!!!
Thank you for showing another Dempster, it always brings back memories of my grandpa and that all he would have is Dempster's until 2000 when my uncle switched to aeromotor and solar. I remember him assembling the wheel and changing the oil. He passed in 04 and I sure do miss him. This will help me when I find my own Dempster, again, thank you. Sorry it's a little winded (no pun intended)😅.
Man glad you like it. Yep you can do it! These mills are amazing and bring back a lot of memories for me as well. Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a great day!
Just watching on TV. We have an Aermotor here on on our ranch in Ontario Canada, but the old girls babbit bearings are completely seized, as we found the head in behind a barn and was laying in the grass for at least 35 years. Still an awesome piece of decor. Thanks for that great video!👍🇺🇲❤️
Man that’s awesome! At least hang it on a wall! That are so cool. If you get the hankering to rebuild it, it’s totally doable, as long as it doesn’t have the V spokes. It the gearbox says 702 you’re good!! Thank you for watching!!!!
@OkieWindmiller We found a 3 legged 16 foot tower, and it's sitting on top. It rotates, but the fan of course doesn't spin, due to the babbit bearings.
I work for a power utility for 37 years. Been hit twice by lineman dropping shit down off the top of the power pole. My advice is whenever you’re up on that tower “Mama” should be wearing a hardhat. Unless you’re looking for a new mama. It’s not If you might drop something, it’s when. Great video, I knew nothing about windmills till I found yours channel. 👍👍
Man we hear ya! But think the same thing but don’t like her bun up in it……I tell her to stay away while I’m up there but did notice she was under me when I was up on the platform….😡. I will remind her! Thank you for watching and for the comment!!!
Yup your right...didn't expect to see sucha task. Enjoyed especially cause I have a fondness for the ole windmills. Country boy that I am....lol Thx for sharing~!
Just started watching your channel We don’t have any windmills in South Mississippi old retired heavy equipment mechanic retired Very interesting Thanks for sharing
Good job. I'm trying to keep my windmill original by using the square nuts. Although makes it slow for the assembly and disassembly. I love the look and sounds of the old windmills. Thank you for the videos.
Thank you!! We’re sure trying! This is new to us. Yes square head bolts are great, but most of the mills I deal with have been swamped to hex somewhere along the way. Thank you for taking the time to watch!!!!!
I'm guessing Jacob shouting you out helped. He said you were hoping for 100 subs, I think you're over 4500 today. Congratulations, I am super excited to watch all your videos and learn about windmilling. Neat stuff, thank you and best of luck out in this TH-cam world!!
Oh he more than helped!! I will never be able to replay him. I never would have gotten here on my own, because people don’t just look up windmiller on TH-cam, never would have happened…….thank you for coming along as well!
This is the second of your videos I've watched. yes, because I am a mechanical type guy (marine diesels), and I love stuff like this. When I saw your truck in the last one, I'm thinking 'he's out near Puddin', I wonder if he knows him?'.😂😂😂 Small world. Enjoy these, what a neat mechanism.
Hahaha yep! I know him! When you’re from Pott County, you know everybody! He is the one who got my channel where it is today. Thank you for watching and please stick around!!
Well you have your wife with you. I see you struggle when she is not around we know you need her help. Your show is so interesting. My husband and I love watching
Shane and Lori, discovered you two last week. have watched almost all of your vids. Love what you do. keep it up. don't get discouraged. Blessings... Phil.. Retired Police Officer.
Thank you sooo much! That made our day! It’s not always bright and sunny, but boy do we try! Been married 24 years, so we do pretty good together! Thank you for watching!!!
G,day sir!!! Man amazing you can see us waaaaay down under! Yeah I bet there are! Big ones around here are 10’, but I did install a 20’ close to here. It’s mostly for looks tho! Thank you for watching me and mama!!!!! Cheers Mate!!!!!
lol because she normally does! For some reason I always have to make the sound effect of whatever it is I’m describing. Good catch! Thank you for watching!!!
love watching these pieces of equipment being repaired and installed. I would like to ask that Hardhat for your ground person so OSHA does not come unannounced . Enjoy the videos
We have 2 actually! She normally stays well away when I’m up there, just in case I or the wind doesn’t knock something off. She was looking back at the video and was like, wow, I was really under you when you were up there!! We love working on these old things and keeping the past alive. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!!!
We watch you fix windmills on you tube we'd like to see one pump before you leave your channel enjoy your show keep more videos coming they're very interesting
Haha I hear you! That’s the only bad thing about windmills, the stinkin wind needs to be blowing, and in the summer the wind doesn’t do much, lol. Thank you for watching, please don’t run off, the video im working on now had water flowing!!!!! 😀
@@OkieWindmiller my husband watched another windmill show and they didn't explain anything they just fixed it we love your videos and will most definitely keep watching your videos it makes them worth watch when you explain what your doing step by step makes the videos worth watching and we love that your wife goes and helps you too that's awesome forever loyal fans
Another milestone for you, Shane -- best video so far! I've been waiting to see how that brake mechanism works and you did a perfect job of explaining and showing it. I'm gathering questions faster than you want to hear them, but I really appreciate the effort you put into filming and editing these. Thank you! Would you mind a couple of tips? 1) You do a LOT of hand wrenching but a battery powered tool would be awkward with so many different size nuts. Have you looked a ratcheting end wrenches? 2) You're right about oil attracting dirt, but those metal surfaces need lubrication. Have you looked a dry film lube like PTFE? Note that plain WD 40 is not a lubricant. Keep up the good work -- we're learning a lot here!
Thank you!!!! We’re sure trying!!!! I have some but they don’t last long, like they strip internally and don’t ratchet very long. Guess mama is putting too much torque on them! We have tried that(collectively amongst fellow windmillers) and it doesn’t creep where it needs to be. I have 2 cans on the truck for surfaces that are exposed and can be sprayed, but hinges and little tight spots, our go to it wd40 or chain and cable lube, which kind of moves around but also do t go very deep. We have tried everything on the market! Thank you for watching this one! Thank you for the comments also!!!
I’m telling you I would love that! We may do that soon! We have yet to buy one, but would love to add that view! Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!!
Years ago, I restored a 1908 Aermotor at a WWI aircraft museum in NY. I want to think it was a model ?603? It’s interesting to see the differences in a Dempster. T Y
Thank you! Soooo cool! So the 602 was from 1915-1933. It might have been a 502. I bet it had V spokes and not straight ones that screwed into the hub? Thank you for watching!!!!!!!
Man this stuff is really cool! I noticed when you had set up the blades you poured in some oil for lubrication. Is there a particular oil that is used for that or is it a heavy oil or a synthetic? And your right without windmills I'm sure many people would not make it and would have died. Also I saw where you were assembling the blades do you have a sequence you follow once you're ready to tighten and make sure there isn't vibration or just whatever you decide at the time? I think you said everyone has a way they do things I was curious your particular method! Again you guys are awesome and I always am looking for the next video.
Howdy! So we use non-detergent 10wt oil. I get mine at Orellys. You could use thinner, but not anything thicker. For the blades, i like to loosely put it together, give it a good shake, and a few spins so everything finds its sweet spot, then start by tightening the outer rings, start with one, the work my way around from there. Then I move to the inner rings, then the hub. There will be no vibration since they really don’t spin very fast. Also, you could use nuts to balance the wheel if you needed to, but nobody does and I don’t know if they ever have. The wheel sections are pretty much an exact copy of the others dimensionally. Thank you for the question and comments! Oh, thank you sooo much for watching and enjoying our work!!!!
We will add that soon. I have been told tho, that the camera needs to move every 4 seconds, or people loose interest. We’re learning and listening to every comment and trying to implement. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!
This was perfect timing. I just purchased a Dempster 10ft no 12. I only wish you would have video taped the rebuild on the engine. Maybe next time. You mentioned Mike did the rebuild does he document his builds?
Howdy! Yeah I’m sorry. When I take him one, he does it over the course of about a month, since he just does it in his spare time. Good idea tho! Where are you located?
Yes you're correct about insects will make you hurt yourself I laughed my butt off about that one my stepson and me made a garden for Mother's Day and one of the Rocks I picked up had a brown recluse that bit me Square on the arm and I had to get a shot LOL
I enjoy watching your videos. Just saying you need to watch your editing. You showed this rebuilt motor Saying who ever rebuilt it was the best rebuilder. But he forgot something on it. He forgot to replace or put the oil ring that oils the shaft for the upper arms that goes up and down.. Keep up the good work.....
Thank you for watching. So, he is still the best and here is why. The Dempster doesn’t use an oil ring. If you look on the inside of both big gears, there is a metal tab that collects oil and dumps it onto the pitman guide, which distributes oil to the whole upper area. Very ingenious. Thank you for commenting, that’s what we’re here for is to teach. Thank you again for watching!!!!
Not a problem!!! It’s easy to get them confused. I should have done a better job explaining the differences! Sounds like a video is in order!!!!😀. Have a great day!!!!!
Hey talking point for next video or if u think you can answer it in a comment . What u think of DIY setup building a smaller windmill my neighbor has a 20 foot well hand dug an i was thinking of doing one for a small pound for a couple ducks an maybe a couple coi fish... is there something small i can build thats not huge an can be made with some pullys or something. Looking for like 12 tall build to add that... wife thought was something like u see at a tractor supply as a decoration but make functional
Well they make a 4’ diameter(Ironman Windmills), and that would work good without being too big, and you won’t have to try to figure out the “how to make it pump”, and we still install 6’ windmills all the time. It could go on a 21’ tower and would look amazing. That’s the way I would go…….
True, hardly anybody used lock washers, I’m one of the few. I was wondering when someone would mention that because every time I do it, I’m thinking here come the comments 🤣. In my mind, it feels like I’m at least trying. I figure if I get them tight enough, the flat washer won’t spin either. I only do that on the dempsters with the slotted bolt locations. Good catch tho Sir!!! 😀. I don’t like using nylock nuts, so this is what I do. Thank you for watching sir and for commenting. Let me know what you would do different, I’m open for suggestions!
I know that the manual uses lock washers, but I don’t like lock washers on a slot, that also defeats the purpose in my mind, so the flat washer in my mind makes it better. Who knows ? Thank you sir again for watching.
Hi there I watch you fix the wind wheel I'm run in to a wind mill how u fix them.im start to learn how to look what the problem. With them.i repair wells my job I been doing this pump repair.for 18 years It was my uncle business .he teach me how to fix them.im still learning still it's Sk pump repair in safford.ariz hot come here hot but we don't have the wet air hear
Does anyone ever put a counter weight with a section ofcable and a pulley attached to the rod (above the hand pump) to offset the weight of the sucker rod?
I have never seen it, but is a good idea! Kinda like those window sash weights. It would be very helpful for those that are set deeper than they should be with the size windmill they have. Thank you for watching!!!!!
@@OkieWindmiller LOL window sash weights... that statement makes you sound much older than you look... I just started watching your videos and, even though I'm not a pump/well guy by trade, iv done a little bit of submersible work as a crane operator, and some turbine work just helping the pump guys working on our pumps on our farming operation. But I've definitely Always had mechanical abilities and my wheels are always turning with ways to make my work easier. I was thinking if you had a type of clamp(s) with a short section of chain connecting the two clamps together, you could suspend the sections of sucker rods from the sections of pipe, so when you lift that section to set aside, you wouldn't have to hold the sucker rod with your hand. Oh, and go back and read my comment on your other video (at the equine rehab) thanks for your videos.
Awesome Sir! Will do! Thank you again. Yes sucker rod hurts, lol. We bought a 1927 farmhouse and have been restoring it as the funds become available, and I replaced all the windows, and those weights were there. I also watch a lot of This old house!😝
Hey Chuck! Facebook marketplace is a great place to start looking. Just be careful buying one, we see too many people that were given obsolete parts, mis-matched parts, bad motors, etc. it’s best to get a windmiller involved if possible. We just know what to look for. Every now and then we are able to buy one, but when we do, they don’t last very long. That’s why I usually suggest buying a company rebuilt windmill and new tower. There is a used windmill for sale in Lawton Oklahoma on marketplace right now.
Some do, most don’t, they like the patina and mismatch. I prefer the patina, but I do agree, this one could have used a little to at least even out the color. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!
I had the same thought - especially for the windmills that are just used for nostalgia. Full repaint would not be necessary, but maybe a clear coat to help preserve the metal on every job would be nice. Lori could be providing that service while Shane is busy on other tasks.
Yeah they are! I love crescent wrenches but man would love to get my hands on some old Amish square wrenches. Maybe not to use everyday, but just to have😁. Thank you for watching!!!!!
FYI - From the WD-40 website - Myth: WD-40 Multi-Use Product is not really a lubricant. Fact: While the “W-D” in WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, WD-40 Multi-Use Product is a unique, special blend of lubricants. The product's formulation also contains anti-corrosion agents and ingredients for penetration, water displacement and soil removal.
LOTS of improvements, by the week! Yeah, we're all a bit mechanical. But, I sure will feel better if "Momma", would never walk near the tower with her eyes towards the ground! There's nothing up there you want to bounce off you, even the spring that got left up there last time! Peace.
Man thank you! And I hear you. She normally never does, until then, and she didn’t even realize it till she watched the video, and said I was right under you! She kinda got in trouble, lol. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!
I'm a Windmill Fan.... I study Geology and I hope to put up our own windmill sometime soon. Dempster, Bradley, Aero motor, .... I found this,... this is some of my reading. List of Quarries in Indiana & Quarry Links, Photographs and Articles Go to Page Attica Bedford Bloomington Brazil thru Odon Oolitic Orange thru Williams Brazil (south-west of), Clay County, Indiana - the Henry Ashley Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (excerpt from First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year 1869, by E. T. Cox, State Geologist, Assisted by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, Dr. Rufus Haymond, and Dr. G. M. Levette, Indianapolis: 1869, pp. 83.) “Building-Stone. - The sandstone which overlies the main ‘Block’ coal I, is, in places an excellent building-stone, and is extensively used in Brazil (Indiana) for making foundations, lintels, steps, and other parts of buildings....” “The limestone that overlies the upper seam of ‘Block’ coal K, was quarried on Mr. Henry Ashley’s place, about a half mile south-west of Brazil, many years ago, for building abutments to bridges and culverts on the national road; It ranges from two to ten feet in thickness, and may be found at a number of places on the Ashley land, on Garlick & Collins’ land north of Brazil, and on the property of Mr. Grimes, in the neighborhood of the village of Ashboro. It cracks and falls to pieces after some years’ exposure to the action of the weather, and cannot be considered a durable building stone....” This is about stone of Indiana Geology,... but the name and dates are interesting, Bradley and 1870!!!
That’s some awesome reading right there! Oklahoma is just as geologically diverse as that I bet! You should get an Aermotor, still supportable. The others are all good too, just harder to come up with replacement parts. Good luck!!!
@@OkieWindmiller I grew up in rural Australia with these everywhere and now I get to find out how they work and how to fix them. I will be paying more attention next time I'm near one
Man yeah! Buddy I hear that there aren’t many windmillers down there, might be a good business to get into. Or you could fly us down and I could teach ya everything I know😁
@@OkieWindmiller Infelizmente em meu país não existe a tradição de utilizar cataventos. Mesmo que a condição seja bem propícia. Eu sou um grande entusiasta de cataventos, quando tiver meu pedaço de terra, será a primeira coisa que pretendo adquirir. Não sei se tem conhecimento, mas em meu país existe um grande número de propriedades rurais e a criação de gado em campo aberto é uma prática muito utilizada.
Awesome! I guess they do have large cattle ranches and they need to water them. Could you stay busy working on windmills if you were to learn the trade?
Wrong again dumb dumb what is 22 I spin around on a 45 ft windmill in the northern territory at Gorey I've already seen what it looks like to go around and wind haha❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
Not really. The governor spring on the tail has that job, but they can still beat themselves to a quick death. I tell people to try to remember to turn it off when you know it may be windy or stormy.
What a wonderful channel. I am a retired mechanic and love the simplicity of these windmills and you are so informative in telling us how each component works and how things are assembled. These machines truely are how we were able to populate a continent in areas without ground water available. I worked cattle in central Texas for several years and don't remember seeing more than a handful of windmills.
You are now one of my saved playlist.👌
You just made our day! We love hearing that!!!!!! They truly are amazing and will die out if we don’t get the word out. That’s what we’re doing. Thank you again!!!!!
Thank you for showing another Dempster, it always brings back memories of my grandpa and that all he would have is Dempster's until 2000 when my uncle switched to aeromotor and solar. I remember him assembling the wheel and changing the oil. He passed in 04 and I sure do miss him. This will help me when I find my own Dempster, again, thank you.
Sorry it's a little winded (no pun intended)😅.
Man glad you like it. Yep you can do it! These mills are amazing and bring back a lot of memories for me as well. Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a great day!
Keep up the good work and we will most definitely keep watching
We promise to! Thank you!!!!!
Hard work, Good Nature, Great Attitude... Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Man thank you!!!!!! 😊
Just watching on TV. We have an Aermotor here on on our ranch in Ontario Canada, but the old girls babbit bearings are completely seized, as we found the head in behind a barn and was laying in the grass for at least 35 years. Still an awesome piece of decor. Thanks for that great video!👍🇺🇲❤️
Man that’s awesome! At least hang it on a wall! That are so cool. If you get the hankering to rebuild it, it’s totally doable, as long as it doesn’t have the V spokes. It the gearbox says 702 you’re good!! Thank you for watching!!!!
@OkieWindmiller We found a 3 legged 16 foot tower, and it's sitting on top. It rotates, but the fan of course doesn't spin, due to the babbit bearings.
Ohhhh I see!
I work for a power utility for 37 years. Been hit twice by lineman dropping shit down off the top of the power pole. My advice is whenever you’re up on that tower “Mama” should be wearing a hardhat. Unless you’re looking for a new mama. It’s not If you might drop something, it’s when.
Great video, I knew nothing about windmills till I found yours channel.
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Man we hear ya! But think the same thing but don’t like her bun up in it……I tell her to stay away while I’m up there but did notice she was under me when I was up on the platform….😡. I will remind her! Thank you for watching and for the comment!!!
No water to pump, and yall have the wind? Hmmm , another textbook repair and install! Well done, folks 👏
Haha yep! They spin when they aren’t hooked to a well but when it’s over a well, wind decides to not blow!!!🤣
Yup your right...didn't expect to see sucha task. Enjoyed especially cause I have a fondness for the ole windmills. Country boy that I am....lol Thx for sharing~!
Haha thank you!!!!! So glad you found us. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!
Just started watching your channel
We don’t have any windmills in South Mississippi old retired heavy equipment mechanic retired
Very interesting
Thanks for sharing
Man thank you! Y’all need some then!!!! You should start the trend!
Good job. I'm trying to keep my windmill original by using the square nuts. Although makes it slow for the assembly and disassembly. I love the look and sounds of the old windmills. Thank you for the videos.
Thank you!! We’re sure trying! This is new to us. Yes square head bolts are great, but most of the mills I deal with have been swamped to hex somewhere along the way. Thank you for taking the time to watch!!!!!
I'm guessing Jacob shouting you out helped. He said you were hoping for 100 subs, I think you're over 4500 today. Congratulations, I am super excited to watch all your videos and learn about windmilling. Neat stuff, thank you and best of luck out in this TH-cam world!!
Oh he more than helped!! I will never be able to replay him. I never would have gotten here on my own, because people don’t just look up windmiller on TH-cam, never would have happened…….thank you for coming along as well!
@@OkieWindmiller
Networking is the only way to grow on youtube. Can't rely on the algorithm.
Man you’re right! Thank yo!
This is the second of your videos I've watched. yes, because I am a mechanical type guy (marine diesels), and I love stuff like this. When I saw your truck in the last one, I'm thinking 'he's out near Puddin', I wonder if he knows him?'.😂😂😂 Small world. Enjoy these, what a neat mechanism.
Hahaha yep! I know him! When you’re from Pott County, you know everybody! He is the one who got my channel where it is today. Thank you for watching and please stick around!!
Well you have your wife with you. I see you struggle when she is not around we know you need her help. Your show is so interesting. My husband and I love watching
Yep not gonna lie at all, I’m lost without her.😀
Was glad to see you have a safety harness and tie off.
Thank you!
Ok, third video. Im subscribing. 40 year pump man, never messed with windmills.
Man, thank you!!! Thank you for subscribing!!!!!!! They are different for sure!!!!!!!!! Thank you also for watching and subscribing!!!!
Shane and Lori, discovered you two last week. have watched almost all of your vids. Love what you do. keep it up. don't get discouraged. Blessings... Phil.. Retired Police Officer.
Thank you Phil!!! Thank you for the kind words!!! Also thank you for your service!
HELLO, FOURTH TIME WATCHING. a PLEASURE TO WATCH YOU AND MAMA . MARLO THE MACHIENST
Howdy Marlo!!!!!!! Thank you for watching and please keep it up! Have a great day!!!!!!
Thanks for your show. Reminds me of my time with my dad pulling sucker rods and changing leathers
Man you’re welcome! Glad we could take you back!!!! Thank you for watching!!!!
Love you guys. Love your outlook on life and for what you do!
Thank you sooo much! That made our day! It’s not always bright and sunny, but boy do we try! Been married 24 years, so we do pretty good together! Thank you for watching!!!
Great job,
Have a great day, great view though one was a bit dizzying... ;)
Haha yeah they get that way sometimes! Thank you for watching our videos!!!
Watching from Magnolia texas
Awesome! Thank you!
G,Day from Australia we to have a love affair with WindMills ,there are some real big Mill on outback stations (ranches)...cheers Mate..
G,day sir!!! Man amazing you can see us waaaaay down under! Yeah I bet there are! Big ones around here are 10’, but I did install a 20’ close to here. It’s mostly for looks tho! Thank you for watching me and mama!!!!! Cheers Mate!!!!!
@26:10 Momma you missed the opportunity to say " how'd that go" 😆😆
lol because she normally does! For some reason I always have to make the sound effect of whatever it is I’m describing. Good catch! Thank you for watching!!!
Great video! Would love to see your friend do a rebuild.
Thank you! Yes, I need to talk him into letting us shoot one. I’m on it! Good idea!
@@OkieWindmiller I favor the aermotors. We have two up and running with two more waiting. Love it when they get all repainted and spinning!
They are my favorite as well, the design is bulletproof. It can run for years out of oil and still run, others, not so much!
@@OkieWindmiller yes! Probably why so many are still running
Yep!!!!!
Great job and video you 2 are awesome
Thank you sir! Mama makes me look good, I would be fumbling around all day if it wasn’t for her! Thank you for watching!!!
Spiders and Oklahoma are like best friends.
Haha I don’t mind them if I can see them! Just don’t like touching their little hairy bodies😆
love watching these pieces of equipment being repaired and installed. I would like to ask that Hardhat for your ground person so OSHA does not come unannounced . Enjoy the videos
We have 2 actually! She normally stays well away when I’m up there, just in case I or the wind doesn’t knock something off. She was looking back at the video and was like, wow, I was really under you when you were up there!!
We love working on these old things and keeping the past alive. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!!!
Good job !!
Thank you!!!!
Awesome video!!!
Thank you sooooo much!
We watch you fix windmills on you tube we'd like to see one pump before you leave your channel enjoy your show keep more videos coming they're very interesting
Haha I hear you! That’s the only bad thing about windmills, the stinkin wind needs to be blowing, and in the summer the wind doesn’t do much, lol. Thank you for watching, please don’t run off, the video im working on now had water flowing!!!!! 😀
@@OkieWindmiller my husband watched another windmill show and they didn't explain anything they just fixed it we love your videos and will most definitely keep watching your videos it makes them worth watch when you explain what your doing step by step makes the videos worth watching and we love that your wife goes and helps you too that's awesome forever loyal fans
Well thank you!!! That is why we do it. People want to know and we want to teach! Thank you for the comment and for still watching!!!!!😀
Thanks for the video.
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!!!!!!
Another milestone for you, Shane -- best video so far! I've been waiting to see how that brake mechanism works and you did a perfect job of explaining and showing it. I'm gathering questions faster than you want to hear them, but I really appreciate the effort you put into filming and editing these. Thank you! Would you mind a couple of tips? 1) You do a LOT of hand wrenching but a battery powered tool would be awkward with so many different size nuts. Have you looked a ratcheting end wrenches? 2) You're right about oil attracting dirt, but those metal surfaces need lubrication. Have you looked a dry film lube like PTFE? Note that plain WD 40 is not a lubricant. Keep up the good work -- we're learning a lot here!
Thank you!!!! We’re sure trying!!!! I have some but they don’t last long, like they strip internally and don’t ratchet very long. Guess mama is putting too much torque on them! We have tried that(collectively amongst fellow windmillers) and it doesn’t creep where it needs to be. I have 2 cans on the truck for surfaces that are exposed and can be sprayed, but hinges and little tight spots, our go to it wd40 or chain and cable lube, which kind of moves around but also do t go very deep. We have tried everything on the market! Thank you for watching this one! Thank you for the comments also!!!
Another great one. Thanks!
Thank you!!!!!!!!😊
Looks good thanks for sharing.
Thank you and you’re welcome!!!!!!! Thank you more for watching us!!!!!
Your wife needs to learn to fly a drone so she can get some good shots of you working up on the top end. You guys work well together. Great team !!!!
I’m telling you I would love that! We may do that soon! We have yet to buy one, but would love to add that view! Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!!
Haha great! So I should prepare to crash it a few times🤣!
Years ago, I restored a 1908 Aermotor at a WWI aircraft museum in NY. I want to think it was a model ?603? It’s interesting to see the differences in a Dempster. T Y
Thank you! Soooo cool! So the 602 was from 1915-1933. It might have been a 502. I bet it had V spokes and not straight ones that screwed into the hub? Thank you for watching!!!!!!!
Worked with a guy that called a crescent wrench a Oklahoma socket set !
Bahahahah perfect!!!!!🤩
another great job thank you for showing
Thank you soooo much! Thank you for taking the time to watch and tell us we’re doing good!!!! Have a great Friday!
Man this stuff is really cool! I noticed when you had set up the blades you poured in some oil for lubrication. Is there a particular oil that is used for that or is it a heavy oil or a synthetic? And your right without windmills I'm sure many people would not make it and would have died. Also I saw where you were assembling the blades do you have a sequence you follow once you're ready to tighten and make sure there isn't vibration or just whatever you decide at the time? I think you said everyone has a way they do things I was curious your particular method! Again you guys are awesome and I always am looking for the next video.
Howdy! So we use non-detergent 10wt oil. I get mine at Orellys. You could use thinner, but not anything thicker.
For the blades, i like to loosely put it together, give it a good shake, and a few spins so everything finds its sweet spot, then start by tightening the outer rings, start with one, the work my way around from there. Then I move to the inner rings, then the hub. There will be no vibration since they really don’t spin very fast. Also, you could use nuts to balance the wheel if you needed to, but nobody does and I don’t know if they ever have. The wheel sections are pretty much an exact copy of the others dimensionally. Thank you for the question and comments! Oh, thank you sooo much for watching and enjoying our work!!!!
Good job keep up the good work but what you need is a good tripod for the camera have a great day
We will add that soon. I have been told tho, that the camera needs to move every 4 seconds, or people loose interest. We’re learning and listening to every comment and trying to implement. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!
This was perfect timing. I just purchased a Dempster 10ft no 12. I only wish you would have video taped the rebuild on the engine. Maybe next time. You mentioned Mike did the rebuild does he document his builds?
Howdy! Yeah I’m sorry. When I take him one, he does it over the course of about a month, since he just does it in his spare time. Good idea tho! Where are you located?
Thanks for posting. Very interesting
Thank you very much!!
Yes you're correct about insects will make you hurt yourself I laughed my butt off about that one my stepson and me made a garden for Mother's Day and one of the Rocks I picked up had a brown recluse that bit me Square on the arm and I had to get a shot LOL
Oh no. Yep that’s my fear, and snakes of course!
I enjoy watching your videos. Just saying you need to watch your editing. You showed this rebuilt motor Saying who ever rebuilt it was the best rebuilder. But he forgot something on it. He forgot to replace or put the oil ring that oils the shaft for the upper arms that goes up and down.. Keep up the good work.....
Thank you for watching. So, he is still the best and here is why. The Dempster doesn’t use an oil ring. If you look on the inside of both big gears, there is a metal tab that collects oil and dumps it onto the pitman guide, which distributes oil to the whole upper area. Very ingenious. Thank you for commenting, that’s what we’re here for is to teach. Thank you again for watching!!!!
SORRY I thought they were the same motors till I went back and watched the video again. I appalogize.
Not a problem!!! It’s easy to get them confused. I should have done a better job explaining the differences! Sounds like a video is in order!!!!😀. Have a great day!!!!!
Interesting how the wind mill works
They’re amazing!
Very nice
Thank you!!!!
Dimster also made dumpsters lol if it was me i would mount a chevy 327 engine on the top
Hahahahahah that would be somethin!!
In the jungle has been stuck in my head for a few years now. OH BROTHER
Hahahahah my brain hears something and locks it into replay mode for days!!!!!! Ugh! Thank you for watching!!
Hey talking point for next video or if u think you can answer it in a comment . What u think of DIY setup building a smaller windmill my neighbor has a 20 foot well hand dug an i was thinking of doing one for a small pound for a couple ducks an maybe a couple coi fish... is there something small i can build thats not huge an can be made with some pullys or something. Looking for like 12 tall build to add that... wife thought was something like u see at a tractor supply as a decoration but make functional
Yes I'm a puddin sub also
Well they make a 4’ diameter(Ironman Windmills), and that would work good without being too big, and you won’t have to try to figure out the “how to make it pump”, and we still install 6’ windmills all the time. It could go on a 21’ tower and would look amazing. That’s the way I would go…….
I noticed in a previous video and this video that you add a lock washer with a flat washer which defeats the locking ability making it just a spacer.
True, hardly anybody used lock washers, I’m one of the few. I was wondering when someone would mention that because every time I do it, I’m thinking here come the comments 🤣. In my mind, it feels like I’m at least trying. I figure if I get them tight enough, the flat washer won’t spin either. I only do that on the dempsters with the slotted bolt locations. Good catch tho Sir!!! 😀. I don’t like using nylock nuts, so this is what I do. Thank you for watching sir and for commenting. Let me know what you would do different, I’m open for suggestions!
I know that the manual uses lock washers, but I don’t like lock washers on a slot, that also defeats the purpose in my mind, so the flat washer in my mind makes it better. Who knows ? Thank you sir again for watching.
@@OkieWindmiller - I would never tell you how to do your job, just noticed that.
Haha buddy I don’t know everything’s and welcome all feedback!!!!!! Thank you sir!
Hi there I watch you fix the wind wheel I'm run in to a wind mill how u fix them.im start to learn how to look what the problem. With them.i repair wells my job
I been doing this pump repair.for 18 years
It was my uncle business .he teach me how to fix them.im still learning still it's
Sk pump repair in safford.ariz hot come here hot but we don't have the wet air hear
Yes dry air is awesome! We have the wet humid sticky air! I bet you e seen a lot in 18 years in the pump business!!! Thank you for watching!!
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Thank you sir!!!!!!😀😀
Does anyone ever put a counter weight with a section ofcable and a pulley attached to the rod (above the hand pump) to offset the weight of the sucker rod?
I have never seen it, but is a good idea! Kinda like those window sash weights. It would be very helpful for those that are set deeper than they should be with the size windmill they have. Thank you for watching!!!!!
@@OkieWindmiller LOL window sash weights... that statement makes you sound much older than you look...
I just started watching your videos and, even though I'm not a pump/well guy by trade, iv done a little bit of submersible work as a crane operator, and some turbine work just helping the pump guys working on our pumps on our farming operation. But I've definitely Always had mechanical abilities and my wheels are always turning with ways to make my work easier. I was thinking if you had a type of clamp(s) with a short section of chain connecting the two clamps together, you could suspend the sections of sucker rods from the sections of pipe, so when you lift that section to set aside, you wouldn't have to hold the sucker rod with your hand.
Oh, and go back and read my comment on your other video (at the equine rehab) thanks for your videos.
Awesome Sir! Will do! Thank you again. Yes sucker rod hurts, lol.
We bought a 1927 farmhouse and have been restoring it as the funds become available, and I replaced all the windows, and those weights were there. I also watch a lot of This old house!😝
Where are you finding the parts for the dempster I need some
Windmill-parts.com! Sounds too good to be true but it is!
The hub was used and a fella in Mustang; Oklahoma has a few parts also
Hi where can I get a used wind mill for my farm i live in arkansas have a 124 acer cattle farm. Chuck R.
Hey Chuck! Facebook marketplace is a great place to start looking. Just be careful buying one, we see too many people that were given obsolete parts, mis-matched parts, bad motors, etc. it’s best to get a windmiller involved if possible. We just know what to look for. Every now and then we are able to buy one, but when we do, they don’t last very long. That’s why I usually suggest buying a company rebuilt windmill and new tower. There is a used windmill for sale in Lawton Oklahoma on marketplace right now.
Except for the climbing, the lifting And the vice gripping, I think I could build a windmill now.
Hahaha I bet you could do all the above! May just have to slow down a bit! Thank you for watching!!!!
I am surprised the customer had you do all that work and did not want to spray the fan with a few spray cans of Rustoleum to make it look new
Some do, most don’t, they like the patina and mismatch. I prefer the patina, but I do agree, this one could have used a little to at least even out the color. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!
I had the same thought - especially for the windmills that are just used for nostalgia. Full repaint would not be necessary, but maybe a clear coat to help preserve the metal on every job would be nice. Lori could be providing that service while Shane is busy on other tasks.
Please try to keep camera steady so we don't get dizzy thanks
Dang and this was my smoothest one yet😝. We will try. Thank you for watching! Sorry about the dizziness!!
Man thank you! I will look into that!! I’m all about things that will help make it better!!!!!!!
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Thank you very much !!!!!
Those smooth jaw pliers are hard to find nowadays.
Yeah they are! I love crescent wrenches but man would love to get my hands on some old Amish square wrenches. Maybe not to use everyday, but just to have😁. Thank you for watching!!!!!
Man whatever you do you better not make that pretty young lady mad !!!!! You would be totally lost without her help !!!!!
LMAO !!!!
Yes I would, she knows what I need 5 min before I do. Thank you for watching!!!!
FYI - From the WD-40 website - Myth: WD-40 Multi-Use Product is not really a lubricant. Fact: While the “W-D” in WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, WD-40 Multi-Use Product is a unique, special blend of lubricants. The product's formulation also contains anti-corrosion agents and ingredients for penetration, water displacement and soil removal.
Man thank you! Now I have ammo for the WD-40 haters!!!!!!🤣 Thank you for watching!!!!
LOTS of improvements, by the week! Yeah, we're all a bit mechanical. But, I sure will feel better if "Momma", would never walk near the tower with her eyes towards the ground! There's nothing up there you want to bounce off you, even the spring that got left up there last time! Peace.
Man thank you! And I hear you. She normally never does, until then, and she didn’t even realize it till she watched the video, and said I was right under you! She kinda got in trouble, lol. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!
Might review your handling those half pound loose pieces with that wife you so proud of walking around directly under the action.
Thank you! We’re comfortable working the way we do. We’re not new to it and really are very careful. Thank you for watching!!!
I'm a Windmill Fan.... I study Geology and I hope to put up our own windmill sometime soon.
Dempster, Bradley, Aero motor, .... I found this,... this is some of my reading.
List of Quarries in Indiana & Quarry Links, Photographs and Articles
Go to Page Attica Bedford Bloomington Brazil thru Odon Oolitic Orange thru Williams
Brazil (south-west of), Clay County, Indiana - the Henry Ashley Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (excerpt from First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year 1869, by E. T. Cox, State Geologist, Assisted by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, Dr. Rufus Haymond, and Dr. G. M. Levette, Indianapolis: 1869, pp. 83.)
“Building-Stone. - The sandstone which overlies the main ‘Block’ coal I, is, in places an excellent building-stone, and is extensively used in Brazil (Indiana) for making foundations, lintels, steps, and other parts of buildings....”
“The limestone that overlies the upper seam of ‘Block’ coal K, was quarried on Mr. Henry Ashley’s place, about a half mile south-west of Brazil, many years ago, for building abutments to bridges and culverts on the national road; It ranges from two to ten feet in thickness, and may be found at a number of places on the Ashley land, on Garlick & Collins’ land north of Brazil, and on the property of Mr. Grimes, in the neighborhood of the village of Ashboro. It cracks and falls to pieces after some years’ exposure to the action of the weather, and cannot be considered a durable building stone....”
This is about stone of Indiana Geology,... but the name and dates are interesting, Bradley and 1870!!!
That’s some awesome reading right there! Oklahoma is just as geologically diverse as that I bet! You should get an Aermotor, still supportable. The others are all good too, just harder to come up with replacement parts. Good luck!!!
DID NOT RELISE HOW MUCH ID LIKE THIS
Man thank you! We love it too! Thank you for watching!!!!
@@OkieWindmiller I grew up in rural Australia with these everywhere and now I get to find out how they work and how to fix them. I will be paying more attention next time I'm near one
Man yeah! Buddy I hear that there aren’t many windmillers down there, might be a good business to get into. Or you could fly us down and I could teach ya everything I know😁
Me contrate para te ajudar.
Aprender com você será uma honra.
Abraços do Brasil.
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Man that would be cool! For now it’s just us 2. Are there windmills down there? I know there are in Argentina! Thank you for watching!!
@@OkieWindmiller Infelizmente em meu país não existe a tradição de utilizar cataventos.
Mesmo que a condição seja bem propícia.
Eu sou um grande entusiasta de cataventos, quando tiver meu pedaço de terra, será a primeira coisa que pretendo adquirir.
Não sei se tem conhecimento, mas em meu país existe um grande número de propriedades rurais e a criação de gado em campo aberto é uma prática muito utilizada.
Awesome! I guess they do have large cattle ranches and they need to water them. Could you stay busy working on windmills if you were to learn the trade?
Maybe you just need to trim that stache…
Where’s the fun in that?!🤣
Wrong again dumb dumb what is 22 I spin around on a 45 ft windmill in the northern territory at Gorey I've already seen what it looks like to go around and wind haha❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
45 footer in the NT! Comet??
Is there a safety to keep the motor from flying apart in high wind?
Not really. The governor spring on the tail has that job, but they can still beat themselves to a quick death. I tell people to try to remember to turn it off when you know it may be windy or stormy.