old mill wheel

Yeah sorry to confuse you I meant the water channel under the wheel not the channel running to it.

The old water channel that ran to it I would making into a path, so you could then walk from the source to the wheel.

 

Aye sorry was me any excuse to post a pic, nice idea to prettify the front
progress

don't look like much this is only some of it not the shopping basket it was used to protect the pump a bit

got to the bottom an found a blocked drain could have been blocked 50 years ago

 

had a bit of camera fun where you can't quite see
under the wheel


down the drain tried a few things already,hits something hard about 8' in

 

Blimey, you got a project there

 

I can't wait to see the outcome of this, looks great!

 

this is a post where i can't wait for the updates

 

cheers feel its going to stall when money gets involved its got competition with a few things
but fairly cleaned out the front, like to get the drain working to stop the wheel sitting in water
this will have to come out first


got to have a laugh this is at the back

 

I'm assuming the wood for the paddles is probably oak or some other kind of hardwood. I wouldn't throw any of it away yet as I've seen some people get some nice bits of wood out of it. Probably not enough to repair the wheel, but you could sell them on maybe or make use of them elsewhere.

 

afraid all the timber has had it,some "most" paddles you can just poke your finger throu
was softwood and creosote, still bet thats not been replaced since new over 100 years.
Been having a look about for wood quite fancied using oak but £4k just for the paddles would have been nice "must put a ticket on". The sensible option in larch have a quote for the lot £750
its going to be like an itch you can't scratch

 

Made some progress,the step had 1' compost type stuff must be 50 years of leaf its full of worms
saved for ron amazing nothing growing in it must be dark


its cleaned out blue/white stones to save erosion from water being dumped at the back of the wheel, speed adjustment

 

and no cheating inside too an its in a different position

 

You could cut costs further by only cladding half of the wheel. If you were to fill it up with water or soil you could then have the wheel fixed at a certain position as you won't see the rest of the paddles. I presume the 4k quote was for brand new oak? Have you tried the reclaimed route? Me and the OH never by brand new oak (except for my carving work) and the price is a fraction of the new stuff.

 

Aye new shiny oak ready for oil tee hee i wish,only just putting feelers out for timbre there's not much reclaimed stuff about NE Scotland but i could do with 27mm tongue and grooved boards
old flooring would do 100 bits at 1.4 something will turn up paddles are 300x32x1.4 42 off
o well that's the shout for dinner

 

Board having to hang about near the phone courier hassle trying to deliver tyres for another project.
turned wheel hamster style on the outside thou

came across this patch of moss if that was blue and white flowers that would be one look,scraped the moss of and bagged it for ron

This part of the wheel was in the water/mush water line now vertical, the tar type paint has done a really good job, i know the wheel has not moved for 18 years,the paddles in the water are in the best condition? still smelt the creosote as it came out

 

Obviously the paddles are going to need some work mr c but all the metal parts of the wheel look in pretty good condition. Do you think they are and what about the mechanism within the mill itself?