Assembly
You new aluminum windmill should last for many years with very little maintenance. Here are the steps to putting it together, along with some tips and photos. There are instructions included with the windmill, start by reading the included instructions. This series of instructions, tips and photos are meant to clarify the instructions that come [...]
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Your windmill is complete and now you are ready to place it where it will be located. This part is important. The most common cause of damage to any garden windmill is if they are not well anchored they will tip over in high and gusty winds. The aluminum windmills have a unique ground anchoring [...]
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At this point you should have the the two lower levels of the horizontal braces bolted in place. The cross braces for the lower level in place and the same cross brace behind on all four sides. You will have the cross braces laying across ready to go up to the next level, again with [...]
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Now that you have the parts laid out, it is time to start to assemble your 8 foot windmill. The first thing to do is to remove the “flash” from the holes in the aluminum legs (square tubes) and the oblong holes in the platform parts. Flash is the small pieces of aluminum that occur [...]
At this point you will have the bottom horizontal braces attached on all four sides and the bottom cross braces in place. The next step is to swing the cross braces up to the next level. Pick up a horizontal brace, put a 1 1/2 inch bolt through it, and through the round hole of [...]
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The first step is to bolt the leg pieces together. The bottom leg piece has a large hole at the bottom. The top piece has holes in it. The top is where the first hole is 5 inches from the top. Tighten the bolts. NEXT STEP
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Take the platform and slide it over the top of the tower. Pick up a 17″ “X” brace put a bolt through it, through one of the holes in the platform and through the windmill leg and put a nut loosely on the bolt. Go all the way around at the platform level and loose [...]
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Go to one side and lift up the lower brace. Bring the “X” brace that is behind and put a bolt through first the “X” brace then the Lower Brace. Go around to each section and do the same. You now have the tower together loosely. Check each “X” brace to make certain the one [...]
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Once you have to top piece attached to the legs then start to attach the horizontal and diagonal braces. Start at the top and work down toward the base. Something that can help is to wrap a piece of masking tape around a finger – sticky side out. This will give you the ability to [...]
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