Came upon this crazy beautiful, well I think so, whirlybird. Came from a lady who got it from her grandma whose family were millwrights in the Fox Valley.
Little Chute, Kimberly, and such in Southeasten Wisconsin. Minor, minor bends at base.
I think these things are amazing. I'd love to keep it. I'm just not in a situation where I can. Rough turbans are used by being placed in line in the flu.Or vent at the top on a roof hotter rises up the tube vent or flu spinning the roof turban, which in turn increases more draw utilizing the lift from the warm air as energy to spin. 16" at the base(inlet) this most likely would have resided on the top of a large stack, 16" is fairly large to me.
You could put this up top on a large wood Burner to even increase your air drawn into the stove, making it burn even hotter. They were often used on a stack to help even out a boiler or fired energy source when burning coal to keep a nice smooth solid draw. It's remarkably built with craftsmanship I've never seen. And I've seen a few dozen of these in my time. Maybe just never really any big ones.
It has a floating hub up top. Appears to be somewhat serviceable. I wanted to install a bearing on the top and the bottom. But I still have time to move fairly decently anyway. Any questions, just ask, I'll try to answer him.
Guys and i'm not gonna risk it getting hurt. If you know, then you know.Figureni could do its for 70ish.