Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1873 — Home-Made Wind-Mill. [ARTICLE]

Home-Made Wind-Mill.

J. Corwin, of New Jersey, says: “Farmers and others can, in many cases, conStruct ll W lmVinill tliemscihrcs for a tithe of the cost of the patented plans, that, for certain purposes, would suit them better, because easily kept in repair. Here is the suggestion of a plan for which it may he said that it can be constructed (for churning, stock pumping, etc.) for five dollars, beside the building material that the farmer can And on his farm and his own labor, excepting also the sails, which properly belong to the maintenance. Of course, to obtain such a result, the simplest possible plan must be devised, and all ‘improve, ments’ rigidly ruled out. It consists of an upright post supporting an upright shaft, having a hub on top carrying three horizontal arms, to each of which are hinged light rectangular frames covered with heavy-muslin or light canvas,regulated to swing in one direction only, from liorizon-tal-to perpendicular. The saps are carried with the wind, at right angles to it, and return edgewise against tiie wind. The post may lean two feet at he top, so as to shorten the connection of the upper box with it. The lower bearing may be in a post set in even with the ground, under the upper bearing. The pulley, four feet in diameter, secured near the bottom of the shaft, may have a smooth, true groove for rope bands burnt into its circumference by a ‘stone’ bar, its one end resting in a hole in the post, the other in the hand, the section in contact with the wheel being red-hot. A mill on this plan can, at moderate cost, be constructed so 'milling.