Garden Windmill

Ronald Headley on August 19th, 2010

I have made a number of changes to the Yard Garden Windmill site.  The first thing that has changed is the checkout.  I had thought that adding Pay Pal Buy Now buttons to each item would make it easier for customers to Check Out.  For most customers the Buy Now button did work, however for [...]

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Ronald Headley on July 1st, 2010

A couple of years ago I got an order from a businessman from Singapore.  This businessman made a huge difference to me at the time.  This businessman called me on the phone several times from Singapore.  He called at a time when things were not going well for me.  (eBay sales had been dropping, and [...]

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Ronald Headley on April 3rd, 2010

Here is a photo of the top of an 8 foot windmill with the wheel removed. The pivot is the part that has a 1/2 in rod bent 90 degrees and a trapezoidal metal piece welded to it. The tail braces bolt to the trapezoidal part of the Pivot. The wheel attaches to [...]

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Ronald Headley on November 14th, 2009

Today I am going to show you how to put a 4.5 foot garden windmill together. First open the box and lay out all of the parts. There are eight leg pieces – (four upper leg and four lower leg) – There is a tail and pivot assembly, a platform, 16 “X” [...]

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Ronald Headley on November 14th, 2009

Completed 4.5 foot Windmill – Now all you have to do is put the windmill where you want it located. You can use the included ground stakes or mount it to a wood or cement base. Make certain it is level. A small “electricians” level works well. Best place is the [...]

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Ronald Headley on August 19th, 2009

Here is some additional information about the 8 foot windmills.
The wheel on the 8 foot model is 22 inches in diameter.
The windmill is 8 feet high from the ground to the top of the wheel.
At the top of the tower is a mast head. There is a pivot which is a 1/2 inch steel [...]

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Ronald Headley on August 3rd, 2009

Here is an interesting windmill installation. Ed in Indiana got a wheel, tail and pivot and turned his TV Antenna tower into a windmill.

Here are a couple more photos

 

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Ronald Headley on September 4th, 2008

One of the customers of the Garden 8 foot windmill called on the phone yesterday to say how much he likes his Garden Windmill.  He lives in Singapore and was telling me how he had gotten one of the cheap Chinese copies.  He says this made in the USA windmill was well worth the cost [...]

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Ronald Headley on September 4th, 2008

The football season will be starting soon.  You can show your University of Iowa team spirit with one of our Black and yellow Hawkeyes 8 foot windmills.  These sturdy steel ornamental garden windmills are made in the USA.  They are powder coated so the finish will last for years.  These windmills can be shipped anywhere [...]

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Ronald Headley on May 5th, 2008

There is a two foot extension kit available for the 8 foot  Garden galvanized windmill.  It makes the windmill look a lot taller.  It takes only about an hour to add this extension to the standard eight foot windmill.  The extension kit costs $28.95 and has a shipping cost of $15.90.  If you do want [...]

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