Craftisian Blogs

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

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...

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...

This mill has a concrete base and brick stone walls. According to annotations on the drawing the mill wasn't built like this. It had a stone founda...

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...

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...

After finishing the kokerbalken en korbelen the tube can be fitted [Image] Measuring the placement of the tube [Image] Cutting the recess [Image]...