A Quiet Sunday

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by Peter Butler » Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:18 am

Wonderful work as ever Grant.... the old wheel has lasted well and looks so good it deserves a place of honour to preserve it.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Thu Feb 22, 2018 2:09 am

DELIVERY for Mr. D. HEALY.
Dan got his new Mill Wheel delivered this morning. It actually left the manufacturers three days ago, so spent some
time on the road with clearance problems etc.
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There were on-lookers, (not much happens in a small town, this was the weeks entertainment!) and all went
according to plan. Dan has quite a backlog to get through, and can't wait for the wheel to be rigged and running.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by ge_rik » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:51 am

Another great looking tableau, Grant. Not only do you have a good eye for detail you seem to have a natural instinct for composition. Are they going to jury-rig some sort of derrick?

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:50 am

Thanks Rik, I had in mind replacing the engine with the Thornycroft, running out the winch over the top of the wheel. Then with men climbing the paddles adding weight and paying out the winch, and so rolling the wheel into position.
Impatience got the better of me, I really miss the sound of the wheel.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by Peter Butler » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:31 pm

That is a beautifully composed piece Grant..... lots of workmen and nothing happening, all standing around, scratching their heads and saying to each other.... 'OK, so it's arrived..... what do we do next?'
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:41 pm

That's the only Mamod I have seen that I would want to own.

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by jim@NAL » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:39 pm

That's brilliant looks so real .

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:50 pm

Actually, it's a Willesco Traction Engine Tom. Double acting cylinder and gearing so they run very slowly.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:47 am

LNR wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:50 pm Actually, it's a Willesco Traction Engine Tom. Double acting cylinder and gearing so they run very slowly.
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Oops, sorry. Calling it a Mamod is quite insulting!

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by markoteal » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:20 am

Great scene Grant - I can't wait to see it being fitted on! - Its like a TV documentary series
Where did I put that uncoupler?

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:14 am

Another breathtaking scene, Grant.
It reminded me of this photo from an old copy of the Encyclopedia Australicus:
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:17 pm

Lonsdaler wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:14 am Encyclopedia Australicus:
Hmm! I shall have to look up a set of those.
Mentions that the old wheel should moulder, or be preserved, have got me thinking. There's not much land around the Mill, most belongs to the Railway. But there might be a possibility.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by GTB » Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:10 pm

Lonsdaler wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:14 am It reminded me of this photo from an old copy of the Encyclopedia Australicus:
Looks more like a picture from 'The Weekly Times', which published illustrated articles like that around the time period of the LNR.

There's a couple of photos in this typical Weekly Times article that show small country towns in the area and period Grant is modelling. Shows just how well he is capturing the right look for the town.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti ... type=Photo

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by Soar Valley Light » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:44 pm

What a brilliant cameo. I feel like I'm beginning to know your streets as well as those in the village I live in! :thumbright:

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Sat Feb 24, 2018 12:50 am

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Ah! success at last, just savouring the moment. Shall expain later with some pics.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:41 pm

OK so Healy's Mill with the new wheel doesn't look much different to the old one.
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But the difference is "what's under the bonnet" as the car salesman said.
It's always bugged me that the wheel, although turning slowly didn't look like it was doing any work. It's hard to explain
and perhaps I'm a little pedantic! So I foraged around in past made junk to find some iron pedestal bushes, bored a hole in
the central wall, and mounted a second shaft above the wheel shaft. The flywheel already on the wheel shaft was a 112 tooth
7"diam. Boston gear, and a 16 tooth Boston with a roller clutch in it fitted to the second shaft gave me another flywheel
running 7 times faster than the wheel.
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I've watched many British mill videos, and one of Calbourne Mill has a sign saying it ran at 6 rpm. for a 20ft. wheel. Mine
is 18ft. and while 6 rpm in model form looks too slow, the wheel now runs at 12 rpm all day and looks truly hydraulic in
it's action :D :D
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by Peter Butler » Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:56 pm

Clever stuff Grant and beautifully engineered. Just like the grace of a swan which looks serene above the surface but with all the manic paddling going on beneath.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:44 pm

Can we see a video of it in action?

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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by LNR » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:46 pm

Sorry Tom, I don't do videos.
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Re: A Quiet Sunday

Post by ge_rik » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:48 am

I like it - a Slomo waterwheel!

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