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Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:13 am
by Smax
Recently completed a wb project I fabricated the sails, wheel arms and bands from scratch. Thanks Dan Benjamin for parts and windy bob for past advice on rebuild the gear box
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Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:50 am
by mtblah
Beautiful !
always a super proud day they they get up and sailing
another windmill up and singing
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:51 am
by CTXmiller
Looks great
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:02 am
by Windcatcher530 Dan
Nice work i like the tailvane patina.
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:34 am
by 63markB
Really nice job! Looks great sir.
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:27 am
by windybob
Glad everything went good. Looks good to me!
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:17 pm
by hedgerow
Always nice to cross a project off the list. Nice looking mill. Have a good turkey day.
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:42 pm
by windybob
For those who don't know, if you notice the slant on the wheel, that is how they were made. 1 inch in 16 was the angle. If you see a W series Monitor with a perfectly vertical wheel, the front bearing is shot. Then the wheel starts clipping the tower and self-destructing.
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:21 pm
by Windcatcher530 Dan
Yep Bob your right I remember reading about that tilted wheel there were a few reasons why they did that but the one that stuck in my head was the Wind actually blows at an angle from the Earth's Surface.
Re: Wb project completed
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:20 pm
by mtblah
DAN , really , did you have to start that conservation , I still have not gotten past the math stuff from last year ! ! ! !
