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.[1]

References

  1. ^ CLARK, H. O; WAILES, REX (1949-01-01). "Notes on the Berton Sail and the Caviers or Hollow Post Mills of Anjou". Transactions of the Newcomen Society. 27 (1): 211–216. doi:10.1179/tns.1949.020. ISSN 0372-0187.
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