A Quiet Sunday
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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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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. 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.
Grant.
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. 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.
Grant.
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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?
Rik
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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.
Grant.
Impatience got the better of me, I really miss the sound of the wheel.
Grant.
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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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That's brilliant looks so real .
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Actually, it's a Willesco Traction Engine Tom. Double acting cylinder and gearing so they run very slowly.
Grant.
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Oops, sorry. Calling it a Mamod is quite insulting!
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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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Another breathtaking scene, Grant.
It reminded me of this photo from an old copy of the Encyclopedia Australicus:
It reminded me of this photo from an old copy of the Encyclopedia Australicus:
Phil
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Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
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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.
Grant.
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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
Graeme
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What a brilliant cameo. I feel like I'm beginning to know your streets as well as those in the village I live in!
Andrew
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Grant.
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OK so Healy's Mill with the new wheel doesn't look much different to the old one.
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. 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
Grant.
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. 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
Grant.
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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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Sorry Tom, I don't do videos.
Grant.
Grant.
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I like it - a Slomo waterwheel!
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