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Jordan wrote:

Wes wrote:

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/Docs/Furling.asp

hth,

Wes


Thanks Wes, that's a great description of controlling horizontal shaft
'mills. The current design is vertical shaft though, so alas the method
can't be used.

Jordan



Okay, I went over to uncles and here is a picture of his windmill from the
bottom side.

http://wess.freeshell.org/usenet/rec...ll_picture.jpg

He sketched out how it works and I redrew it in cad.

http://wess.freeshell.org/usenet/rec...g/windmill.pdf


HTH,

Wes