Old Miller Gustav's Post Mill
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Old Miller Gustav's Post Mill
I've finished my Windmill MOC. This MOC is designed after the classic medieval windmill style called a 'Post Mill.'
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Here it is:
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Here's a shot of Miller Gustav and his Post Mill.
PostMill2
And here's a shot of Miller Gustav rotating the Post Mill. The entire mill is moved on it's base in order to stay facing the wind. The wheat field in which the windmill sits near has been cleared so that the anchor can be moved freely.
PostMill3
This shot shows off how the veins of the rotor are angled to catch the wind. It also shows off that the entire rotor is angled downward, thus making the veins look like they're not uniformly angled.
PostMill4
Here is a shot of the inside of the mill. Miller Gustav has already handed over the mill to his son, Lenny, but he can't help but meddle.
PostMill5
And finally another shot of the interior showing much more detail. Here you can see the gears that turn the mill stone, and the shoot where the grain drops into awaiting bags.
PostMill6
There ya go!
--Anthony
Learn more HERE.
Here it is:
The whole gallery is HERE.
Here's a shot of Miller Gustav and his Post Mill.
PostMill2
And here's a shot of Miller Gustav rotating the Post Mill. The entire mill is moved on it's base in order to stay facing the wind. The wheat field in which the windmill sits near has been cleared so that the anchor can be moved freely.
PostMill3
This shot shows off how the veins of the rotor are angled to catch the wind. It also shows off that the entire rotor is angled downward, thus making the veins look like they're not uniformly angled.
PostMill4
Here is a shot of the inside of the mill. Miller Gustav has already handed over the mill to his son, Lenny, but he can't help but meddle.
PostMill5
And finally another shot of the interior showing much more detail. Here you can see the gears that turn the mill stone, and the shoot where the grain drops into awaiting bags.
PostMill6
There ya go!
--Anthony
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Very nice
Very nice.
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Great job, very historically accurate, from what I can tell. Nice details. It must have been hard to get all the gears to work, great job on that as well.
Yay! Anthony can do more than just create stickers ; )
Yay! Anthony can do more than just create stickers ; )
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Alrighty, I've edited my mill a bit, and I've also disected it too, so I have some pictures to answer some questions.
Oh, and Bruce: My mom had a large piece of cloud print cardboard, works well as a background, doesn't it? (You can acutally see fold marks in the sky in the pic because of what the cloud cardboard was originally used for).
So here we go:
To make my mill more historically accurate, I exchanged the ladder entrance to the mill with a stair way. The stairs rotate with the roundhouse, and clear the wheat field fine. The stairs clear the baseplate by one plate, so spinning the mill makes the stairs scrape the baseplate studs a bit, but that's ok. But it is more accurate. I mean, would you rather carry a large sack of processed grain (which is heavier than equal volume of stalks) down a ladder or a stairway?
PostMill7
This next picture is a close up shot of the post mill's base, and the large vertical beam, or post, from which the mill gets its name. The turntable and the four angled rods are not actually attached to the post (cause the rods get in the way) but instead rest on the post and it's round tile top.
PostMill8
This picture is a disected view of the gears and millstone of the mill. I would have liked to use more 'realistic' and toothy gears, but the gears I used were out of necessity rather than anything else. I dont know if this is anywhere close to being accurate to the way it really was (most probably not), but I needed the millstone to be as close to the front of the mill as possble, thus the 'overshooting' driving gear off the rotor.
PostMill9
Finally here is an exploded shot of the bricks that hold the rotor and it's shaft at an angle. Using these hinge joints, I mimiced the steep slope bricks I used for the roof, offsetting the stack one stud backward. While the studs don't quite meet the same height as a normal brick, it does stick up enough to 'lock' in place with the plate that sits on top of the roof.
PostMill10
Once again, the entire gallery can be found HERE.
I plan to mail this off to PDX, since I won't be able to attend. As much of a thrill and a draw I'm sure this will be , those attending will still be able to see it.
--Anthony
Oh, and Bruce: My mom had a large piece of cloud print cardboard, works well as a background, doesn't it? (You can acutally see fold marks in the sky in the pic because of what the cloud cardboard was originally used for).
So here we go:
To make my mill more historically accurate, I exchanged the ladder entrance to the mill with a stair way. The stairs rotate with the roundhouse, and clear the wheat field fine. The stairs clear the baseplate by one plate, so spinning the mill makes the stairs scrape the baseplate studs a bit, but that's ok. But it is more accurate. I mean, would you rather carry a large sack of processed grain (which is heavier than equal volume of stalks) down a ladder or a stairway?
PostMill7
This next picture is a close up shot of the post mill's base, and the large vertical beam, or post, from which the mill gets its name. The turntable and the four angled rods are not actually attached to the post (cause the rods get in the way) but instead rest on the post and it's round tile top.
PostMill8
This picture is a disected view of the gears and millstone of the mill. I would have liked to use more 'realistic' and toothy gears, but the gears I used were out of necessity rather than anything else. I dont know if this is anywhere close to being accurate to the way it really was (most probably not), but I needed the millstone to be as close to the front of the mill as possble, thus the 'overshooting' driving gear off the rotor.
PostMill9
Finally here is an exploded shot of the bricks that hold the rotor and it's shaft at an angle. Using these hinge joints, I mimiced the steep slope bricks I used for the roof, offsetting the stack one stud backward. While the studs don't quite meet the same height as a normal brick, it does stick up enough to 'lock' in place with the plate that sits on top of the roof.
PostMill10
Once again, the entire gallery can be found HERE.
I plan to mail this off to PDX, since I won't be able to attend. As much of a thrill and a draw I'm sure this will be , those attending will still be able to see it.
--Anthony
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Hi Anthony!
That's a very nice mill! I like how it fits the CCC size but still has that level of detail and functions.
And I too like the pic with the cloudy background.
Bye
Jojo
That's a very nice mill! I like how it fits the CCC size but still has that level of detail and functions.
And I too like the pic with the cloudy background.
Hehe, to make it very realistic looking you should have used brown gears for in mills all cogwheels have been wood, always. (Yes, I know brown gears don't exist. There are some tan gears though.) Your solution is very good.SavaTheAggie wrote:This picture is a disected view of the gears and millstone of the mill. I would have liked to use more 'realistic' and toothy gears
Bye
Jojo
Bookmarked! Don't ever move it, pleaseSavaTheAggie wrote:Once again, the entire gallery can be found HERE
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I don't know if I like the sound of that You might end up making my mill look downright pathetic...jb wrote:Hi Anthony,
Great creation. I really like your solution to get the rotor at an angle and the internal gearing. Now I want to go and build a post mill of my own
James
Oh well, any MOC can be improved, right? Besides, what do they say? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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Looks pretty good, Anthony. Good idea to use the boat ladders. Here is some constructive critisim, which you can hopefully use to improove the design:
Such a large window, like the one you have made, was never on the sides of a post mill (all products would blow away in the draft) Such a window is usally present only at the back close to the roof. Directly above this window is a winch under a small overhanging roof, for hauling up bags of grain. You can see an example on this URL:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/m ... nummer=186
At both sides there are only 2 or 3 small round portholes, allowing the miller to keep an watchfull eye on wheather conditions or warning signs from nabouring mills. For a clear example see this URL:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/m ... nummer=227
These portholes could be closed off with a thin wooden board agains the inside (simply rotating round a nail, similar to a covering plate for a keyhole) The round holes in thechnic bricks have the right scale to model such portholes.
On the last picture, you can also see that the front wall extents a bit downwards forming a kind of skirt. This is to protect the pivot mechanism from rain blowing in, and every post mill has such a skirt in one or another form. In my opinion it will make your model much more realistic and visualy interesting if you would find a way to add this feature to your model.
Here are some links to english language versions of wind- and watermill databases, these contain great reference pictures:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/index_e.html
http://www.molendatabase.com/duitsland/ ... els&theme=
http://www.molendatabase.nl/scandinavie ... aal=engels
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
Such a large window, like the one you have made, was never on the sides of a post mill (all products would blow away in the draft) Such a window is usally present only at the back close to the roof. Directly above this window is a winch under a small overhanging roof, for hauling up bags of grain. You can see an example on this URL:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/m ... nummer=186
At both sides there are only 2 or 3 small round portholes, allowing the miller to keep an watchfull eye on wheather conditions or warning signs from nabouring mills. For a clear example see this URL:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/m ... nummer=227
These portholes could be closed off with a thin wooden board agains the inside (simply rotating round a nail, similar to a covering plate for a keyhole) The round holes in thechnic bricks have the right scale to model such portholes.
On the last picture, you can also see that the front wall extents a bit downwards forming a kind of skirt. This is to protect the pivot mechanism from rain blowing in, and every post mill has such a skirt in one or another form. In my opinion it will make your model much more realistic and visualy interesting if you would find a way to add this feature to your model.
Here are some links to english language versions of wind- and watermill databases, these contain great reference pictures:
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/index_e.html
http://www.molendatabase.com/duitsland/ ... els&theme=
http://www.molendatabase.nl/scandinavie ... aal=engels
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.