Molenmaker

To turn the windmill there is a little winder at the tail of the mill. In this short blog entry i will be making this. [image.png] To bevel the fro...

[image.png] To turn the head of the mill into the wind the windmill has a "tail" It is strengthen this construction there are braces to transfer th...

For the head of the mill i will make the beams that support th mail axel. [image.png] The surface on the "windpeluw" is on a angle to allow the til...

Lets start with the "head" of the mill [image.png] [IMG_20220513_133503.jpg] These are called the "voegberry" The joints are mortise and tenon. [IM...

Next up the axel [image.png] It is made of oak and is one piece. I will modify this to make it easier to disassemble the wings for transport. [IMG_...

The next parts i'm going to make are the other two wheels and the break of the mill. [image.png] On page two there are some detailed drawings of th...

Let’s make one of the wheels! It’s the wheel at the bottom of the spindle.  [image.png] [image.png] I made the rims on my CNC  [image.png] [imag...

  After finishing “the box” containing the windmill and the ditches I added the landscape using insulation foam. (PUR)[IMG_20210730_142921.jpg]  Th...

On the drawing there is a small bit showing how the mill is situated [Image] So i will try to recreated that. First by laying it out on a sheet o...

To prevent debris from getting into the screw, there is a weed and trash screen in front of the screw. [Image] There's also some sheet pile to pr...

Last part was a very simple part. Now lets make the most difficult and challenging part of this mill: the "schroef" or "vijzel". A Archimedes screw...

This time a simple part: the main spindle of the mill [Image] Just a square piece of oak [Image] Adding some stopped chamfers [Image] Using a...