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Re: The Royal Mill
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:23:20 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Ben Gatrelle writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Brian Kasprzyk writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I built a new building on Sunday. I have been wanting to build a mill with
> > a water wheel for a while now, so I did! The images are located here:
> >
> > http://sp-lands.com/indexes/mill.htm
> >
> > They are thumbs, click on them to get the bigger pictures.
> >
> > Also, I have a new domain name and site, so, if you had links to
> > http://legobuilders.com, at the end of this month, that site will no longer
> > exist. My new domain name is http://sp-lands.com
> > So, please make changes if you are referencing this site via any favorites
> > or links.
>
> Those look pretty good. I've been working on a water mill myself for a while
> now. Maybe one day I'll finish it and get pictures up. I'm trying to use a
> motor so it will turn on its own. It looks like you've used lots of gears to
> slow it down. How fast does it actually turn? I'm trying to get mine to
> turn pretty slowly.
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> BEN GATRELLE
That was the same problem I was answering with the elaborate gear system I
installed. The non-torque motor Lego makes turned my windmill into a mini
fan. It really pushed out the air! The torque motor they have (power cable
connects on top instead of bottom) was still to fast too. So, I used the
worm gear to slow it down, but this made it move to slow! So , I had to
have a small gear turn a larger gear to get the speed closer to what a water
wheel really moves.
So, to answer your question, I think it moves at just the right speed now!
That was a part of the 4 hours it took to figure it all out. I didn't want
a fan and I didn't want a wheel that made a 360 degree loop in 3 minutes.
P.S. I also had one of those micro motors from Lego, but it was so loud , I
didn't use it. Does anyone else have a red micro motor? Are they supposed
to be really loud or did I get the lemon off the rack?
Thanks for viewing my pics!
BK>
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| (...) The micromotors are always like that. Even in a loud room at a train show, standing within 10 feet of an unshielded one of these is really irritating. It's not nearly so bad if it is fully enclosed in a building or on a moving platform so that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Those look pretty good. I've been working on a water mill myself for a while now. Maybe one day I'll finish it and get pictures up. I'm trying to use a motor so it will turn on its own. It looks like you've used lots of gears to slow it down. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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