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Re: Medieval Windmill
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lugnet.castle
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Date:
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Sun, 30 May 2004 17:56:21 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I like the rounded top. As I said on the COLTC list I have concerns about
the long term durability of the MicroMoter due to torque loading, but hey,
if it works it works.
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We’ll see I guess. If it burns out in a few days, that’s bad. If it lasts
several 100 hours, that’s good neough for me. I’ll post if (when) it dies.
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I didn’t see how this mill determines which way to face, though...
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This is determined by the miller. These old style mills (unlike electric power
generating mills), were put in such a direction (by dragging the tow cords and
tying them to the base), till the speed of the blades was OK for the mill to run
at the speed needed. This could be any direction of the 360 degree in relation
to the wind. A second way of adjusting speed (or power), was to cover the blades
with cloth sails. In short, these typoe of mills are not supposed to determine
which way to face, that was a human task.
Paul
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) I like the rounded top. As I said on the COLTC list I have concerns about the long term durability of the MicroMoter due to torque loading, but hey, if it works it works. I didn't see how this mill determines which way to face, though... (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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