Windmill Assembly

Ronald Headley on May 13th, 2008

You can apply the vinyl so that you have a black windmill with a yellow platform and yellow blade and tail trim.  It is not necessary to add the Hawkeyes name or logo.  This is also true of the Nebraska Huskers windmill; you can have a red windmill with a white platform and white tail [...]

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Ronald Headley on May 13th, 2008

I have gotten in a black and yellow University of Iowa Hawkeyes Windmill.  Here are some  photos – unlike the Iowa State sequence I have learned to place things in reverse order – so the here are a couple of photos of the finished Iowa Hawkeyes windmill.

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Ronald Headley on May 6th, 2008

You can place the vinyl trim on the blades and tail and leave it that way if you like or you can go ahead and add the college name and logo.  RETURN TO POSTS This is the new Logo that is on all ISU windmills

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Ronald Headley on May 6th, 2008

Once you have the base together. Tighten all of the bolts – start at the platform and work down each level -Next put the tail together. Mount the wheel and place it on the stand. At this point you will have completed the assembly. You can leave the windmill like this or you can add [...]

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Ronald Headley on May 6th, 2008

Start at the top. Place the platform over the leg assembly and attach the cross braces. The braces that go horizontal go on the inside of the legs and the cross braces go outside. NEXT STEP

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Ronald Headley on May 6th, 2008

Today I put an Iowa State Windmill together and took a series of photos that I will be using for the instruction sheet that will be sent to each customer. Thought I would share it here. Your windmill will arrive UPS in a 30X25X5 inch box. The first steps are to unpack the windmill and [...]

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