Garden Windmill

Ronald Headley on June 23rd, 2011

A customer just sent me a photo of her new 10 foot aluminum windmill.  Certainly looks like a nice quiet and pretty place to spend some quality time.  Thank you for your photo and comments.  Click on the photo – it will open in a new window and then click it again to enlarge. My [...]

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Ronald Headley on March 12th, 2011

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I had two calls today that saddened me. I just wish I could get the word out before people buy. Both calls were about the “American Ornamental Windmill” one was purchased at a national hardware store the other at a “big box” home supply store. First the “American Ornamental Windmill” title does not mean this [...]

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Ronald Headley on December 10th, 2010

I sell garden windmills and weathervanes on line.  Sometimes some really amusing things happen.  A customer had ordered one of the college windmills a week or so ago.  These are shipped from the manufacturer and I get the UPS tracking and I email that information to my customers, plus I get tracking updates from UPS. [...]

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Ronald Headley on December 2nd, 2010

The Nebraska Huskers, Iowa State Cyclones and Iowa Hawkeyes are now available again.  The manufacturer has just completed a new batch of these powder coated college windmills. I learned this morning from a customer that Iowa State has a different logo than the one I have pictured here on the blog and the other places [...]

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Ronald Headley on October 27th, 2010

I have just completed a new Windmill newsletter  – it is in PDF format and can be gotten here windmillNewsletter1Nov10 This newsletter is about how to repair or restore you garden windmill

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A customer just sent me a couple of photos of his rebuilt garden windmill.  The wheel and tail had failed so I got them a new wheel and complete tail assembly and a new mast head.  Their garden windmill is just like new and they were able to not disturb the vines that have grown [...]

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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 the horizontal [...]

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