Spinnekop

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11 Making the door frames

This small mill has two doors. This is done so the housing is accessible even when the wings of the mill are turning in front of the door. [Image] ...

12 Ankers

The "boventafelment" is also anchored on the beams with 4 metal anchors. On the drawing these are placed on the outside. But I want to be able to t...

13 Veldkruisen en regels

To add more stiffness to the construction of the housing of the windmill there is additional bracing. These crosses are not in the fields where the...

14 Waterloop, wachtdeur en dekplanken

The Water that is pumped by the mill has a exit called "waterloop". It houses a door to keep the water on the high side of the mill out (like a hor...

15 Stoelbalk en wervel

The "Stoelbalk" and the "wervel" are the parts on which the main spindle rests. The wervel is made so it can be moved to fine tune the running of t...

16 Opwaai ankers

[Image] To prevent the mill from blowing over it is anchored to the concrete foundations. In my model i'm not using any concrete and this windmil...

17 Bekleding

The lower part of this mill is cladded in wood. I want the cladding to be removable so i can access the inner works and also to be able to show wha...

18 Hals

The screw's main baring is what's next on the to-do list. [Image] In the real world the main baring is usually made of stone, But occasionally it...

19 Schroefrad

Next i'm going to make the gear for the screw [Image] the main part is made of elm, the arms are made of oak and the teeth are made of holm oak (...

20 Schroefbak

Next on my worklist is the "schroefbak". It's the part where the screw is placed in. On the drawing this is made of concrete. [Image] The mill is...