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Open Day at Wheatley Windmill May 2012

An enterprising Friend of the Mill, Martin Gibson, took a series of videos of the inner workings of the mill.
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The following photos and video clips are shown with the permission of Martin Gibson.

1. Sails turning with the sail cloths in situ

22sec

2. View inside the cap

18sec
 

3. Worm gear linking to fantail mechanism

24sec

4. Windshaft and brake wheel turning

26sec

5. Brake wheel, wallower & windshaft turning

37sec
 
 

6. The sails start to turn the brakewheel as the brake is lifted. It slows again as the lever drops the brake.

1min 26sec

7. The brakewheel turning the wallower, which turns the main vertical driveshaft

20sec
 

8. The lever (operated by rope from the ground), lifts the brake band and the mill starts turning.

59sec

9. Shows the eccentricity of the brakewheel. Shows the structure of the cap nicely.

18sec
 

10. Brake wheel and wallower turning inside the cap.

21sec
 

11. The brakewheel is not quite concentric on the windshaft, and lifts the brake as it turns.

27sec

12. Brake wheel and wallower in slow motion

31sec
 
 

13. The wallower turns the main shaft. Note the wedge joining the two.

19sec

14. Wallower and main shaft turning

39sec
 

15. Main shaft turning, seen from grain floor

18sec
 

16. Spur wheel turning, seen from ground floor

26sec
 

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