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Re: A mill?
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:15:25 GMT
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There are a couple of samples of medieval engineering in Idea Book 250, here
and following pages:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0250-1987/0250-40.html
Pretty simple, but a place to start. Since I saw this, I've been fooling
around with a way to make a big wheel (maybe 8-12 studs across) that would turn
the gears, but haven't gotten very far. Maybe it needs Technic, but might not
look rustic enough. Just a thought.
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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?
>
> 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 :-)
>
> 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.
>
> <sigh> Those trips always seemed useless - guess I should've paid closer
> attention! Who would've thought? ;-)
>
> HTH,
> Shiri
>
> Just look at this! It involves lego, I promise ;-)
> www.geocities.com/shiri_lego
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| (...) turn (...) Edited for space There were 2 common types of water mills. The undershot type were used in the river and used the current to turn the wheel. Overshot wheels used some kind of aqueduct to feed the water in from the top. Generally a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) still (...) So (...) provide (...) Hi Dave, 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 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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