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Windshaft

Windshaft
A windshaft lying near a mill
Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY HAER NY,52-HAMTE,2- (sheet 6 of 6)
Windshaft connected to other parts. 1=sails; 2=windshaft; 3=brake wheel, 4=crown wheel with cogs; 5=vertical or main shaft.
brake wheel
crown wheel with cogs and windshaft

The Windshaft is a part in a windmill that carries the sails and also the brake wheel (Smock and Tower mills, and in some Post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a Post Mill. Windshafts can be wholly made of wood, or wood with a cast iron poll end (upon where the sails are mounted) or entirely of cast iron.

References

References

  1. CLARK, H. O. (1949-01-01). "Notes on the Berton Sail and the Caviers or Hollow Post Mills of Anjou". Transactions of the Newcomen Society.
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