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Re: A mill?
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:27:12 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > Following Eric's suit, I'm thinking of building a mill for the town...
> > Actually, I'm just planning on building another larger building. My problem
> > with building houses is that after building 7 houses (5 in white w/ black
> > trim), I've nearly RUN OUT of 1x1 black bricks!!! (yes, the impossible has
> > happened! Each house uses over 70, so roughly 370 total used so far) I've • still
> > got a bunch left, but not enough to do another large structure completely.
> >
> > So what I was thinking is building something half timbered and half stone... • So
> > my first thought was a mill... But that led me to wonder, what in the world
> > does a mill LOOK like? Can someone point me at some pictures or perhaps • provide
> > some advice? Maybe it shouldn't be a mill, but another type of building? • Ideas
> > anyone?
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> Hi Dave,
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> I've seen a few water-powered mills in my life. I'm trying to remember (one
> doesn't often remember second-grade field trips :-) what they looked like and
> how they worked. Would you want them to be fully functional?
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> As Shaun pointed out, there are wind-powered mills too - they really look
> better than water mills :-)
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> The water mills might've had the big wheel, but that would only be functional
> near bigger rivers (IIRC). Sometimes the mills would've channeled the smaller
> streams to make a waterfall in order to get more power. I don't really
> remember this part, but somehow the water would spin a wheel :-) and then the
> wheel would be connected by axles to two grinding wheels, between which the
> wheat would be grinded.
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> <sigh> Those trips always seemed useless - guess I should've paid closer
> attention! Who would've thought? ;-)
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> HTH,
> Shiri
>
> Just look at this! It involves lego, I promise ;-)
> www.geocities.com/shiri_lego
You know what would make GREAT looking 'water' going over the wheel at your
mill? Those new clear blue cylinders in the Gungan set.
Just a thought,
Kevin
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