A Quiet Sunday
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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.
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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:
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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
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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!
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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.
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I like it - a Slomo waterwheel!
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That is a shame Grant, it would be lovely to see and hear it in action. We'll have to persuade your local TV station to come round and do 'a piece' on the LNR
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OK I'll let the secret out.
Pam and I did shoot some video using Pam's phone (very good pics.I have to admit) The sun was so bright I couldn't see the screen, so I got the old dirty sheet I cover the lathe with, and put that over my head with Pam holding it visor like out the front clear of the lense. Neither of us realized audio was being recorded (we're new at this) so between me calling Pam to move forward the suns coming in, and then asking "how do you stop it" (Pam didn't know!) and various other things you can't hear the gurgling water or anything else. A better video might have been taken of us shooting the video
And so endeth my video experience.
Grant.
PS I said much earlier on "you don't have to be mad, but it helps".
Pam and I did shoot some video using Pam's phone (very good pics.I have to admit) The sun was so bright I couldn't see the screen, so I got the old dirty sheet I cover the lathe with, and put that over my head with Pam holding it visor like out the front clear of the lense. Neither of us realized audio was being recorded (we're new at this) so between me calling Pam to move forward the suns coming in, and then asking "how do you stop it" (Pam didn't know!) and various other things you can't hear the gurgling water or anything else. A better video might have been taken of us shooting the video
And so endeth my video experience.
Grant.
PS I said much earlier on "you don't have to be mad, but it helps".
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I think we've all got video attempts like that!LNR wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:01 am OK I'll let the secret out.
Pam and I did shoot some video using Pam's phone (very good pics.I have to admit) The sun was so bright I couldn't see the screen, so I got the old dirty sheet I cover the lathe with, and put that over my head with Pam holding it visor like out the front clear of the lense. Neither of us realized audio was being recorded (we're new at this) so between me calling Pam to move forward the suns coming in, and then asking "how do you stop it" (Pam didn't know!) and various other things you can't hear the gurgling water or anything else. A better video might have been taken of us shooting the video
And so endeth my video experience.
Grant.
PS I said much earlier on "you don't have to be mad, but it helps".
Phil
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Re: A Quiet Sunday
very clever I do like that building looks perfect and a excellent bit of carpentry on the wheel
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Superb build of a great looking water mill...Brilliant...
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