The Arusha Windmill

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[5] PUT TOGETHER WITH LOCALLY AVAILABLE TOOLS. The Arusha windmill is easily constructed with the most basic welding, cutting, etc., equipment . . . the kind that is commonly available today in even the most primitive Third World settlement.

[6] FABRICATED WITH LOCAL SKILLS. Only the simplest metalworking shop techniques—which, again, are readily found nowadays in even the most backward villages of almost the entire world—are needed to construct the Arusha windmill.

[7] EASY TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR. Dick Stanley's water pumper—unlike so many machines currently designed and manufactured in the "advanced" nations—is extremely easy to repair right out in the field with only the most rudimentary tools, skills, and materials.

To put it another way, Dick Stanley's Arusha windmill has—just flat out—been conceived and refined specifically for low-cost, trouble-free operation under the most primitive conditions. Which, of course, makes it an ideal water pumper for Tanzania and other Third World nations. And which—perhaps not quite so obviously—also makes it a nearly ideal wind-driven water pumper . . . for . . . . many . . . . . back-to-the-landers right here in
North America too!

And if you think that sounds good, you ain't even heard the best part yet: The good folks at VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) and VIA (Volunteers in Asia) have persuaded Dick Stanley—with a little help from Ken Darrow—to put all his Arusha windmill knowledge, expertise, and experience into a really nifty little 58-page handbook. And this guide— The Arusha Windmill: A Construction Manual —is available from Appropriate Technology Project, Volunteers in Asia, Box 4543, Stanford, Calif. 94305 or from Volunteers in Technical Assistance, 3706 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Rainier, Md. 20822. The price from either source is only $3.00 (a super bargain) postpaid . . . but, if you've got a heart, you'll slip an extra buck into your envelope for postage and handling. Or, if you prefer, The Arusha Windmill is also available by mail from Mother's Bookshelf, ,P.O. Box 70, Hendersonville, N.C. 28739 for $3.00 plus 95d shipping and handling.

Even if you aren't thinking of putting up a windmill at this time—even if you don't have a place to erect a windmill!—get this book. It's a gem of clear, concise, and rational design work . . . beautifully presented in words and pictures that anyone who can read should be able to understand. At the least, the mini-manual will give you a delightful and easily digested crash course in basic mechanics. At the most, it just might guarantee you a source of "free as the wind" water . . . someday . . . in some place . . . when you really need it.

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