Flint & Walling colour

[mtblah]

During the dissembly of the #12 F & W the upper tail hinge still had origional colout in the unexposed area .
Hunter green seems close .
What do you think ?

[PaulV]

Looks good to me!

[Kenneth]

That's what I would go with. How is the disassembly going Mike?

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

[mtblah]

Kenneth , take a look in the see what " I broke today " section , trying to dissemble the A702 first , well maybe

[mtblah]

Kenneth & Michael , how tight a fit is the pin that holds the upper & lower tail hinges ? I didnt want to start hammering , yet ?
another surprising feature , the lower shaft bearings are wood , the upper half is babbitt , appearantly this windmill had very little "work " usage as the bearing halfs both look good . The oil boxes still have wool in them and lots of dried up goop .
AND , every bolt is double nutted , is that common for the older mills ? Maybe they hadn't invented lock washers yet ?

[Kenneth]

Micheal, be careful with that. If I remember, I had to machine the shaft out of mine. That shaft goes into the main frame and held with a square head set screw. The piece on top is what I had to machine out. It pivots when you furl the mill out. If you need help with it, let me know.

[Kenneth]

My bearing caps were double nutted as well.

[CTXmiller]

Mike,

Mine was a Butler. I do not own a F&W. My Butler double gear was double nutted too and had wood bearings in the pitman arms.

[mtblah]

Thanks guy's ,