Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-30

chine, the boxes fastened to the top of
the plates of the box. This shaft had
collars at both ends, with fianges from
which extended four arms to about six
. or eight inches from the center of the
shaft, to which was bolted every alter
nate arm of the wheel. The collars were
fitted to the shafts with keys. AS not
e every farmer has an old threshing ma
chine to pick to pieces, in most cases
1T would be necessary to devise
equivalent for it's construction, which
any blacksmith can do. The collars
>Eith fianges can be made and shrunk
On to any iron or steel shaft. One end of
the shaft projects two inches outside
the box and is fitted with crank to
2 give the length of pump stroke desired.
The pump shaft is fitted to this crank.
The arms were made by 1HX2 inch fir,
eight feet long and somewhat tapered
to the outer ends. There are eight such
arms at each end of the shaft, thus MAX
ing n 16-foot wheel. No hub is required.
IL made square and true at the butts,
the ends accurately chamfered to. a
half inter running to point, and the
points cut off one-half the diameter
of the shaft, they will fiji exactly around
the shaft and make all the hub required.
In setting up bolt every alternate arm
t9iSm1y to the arm of the fiange prepared
10 receive it If preferred, an eight-arm
Hange may be made, and each arm
boiled Make an octagon ring of half
arch round iron, or any other iron of
equal strength, with diameter OF
about 40 inches and clamp to each arm.
Beyond that run about three braces of
No 10 wire entirely round the wheel,
firmly fastening to each arm. Make
the wheels at each end of the shaft ex-
" oil foc@ dc
sscross the arms from one to the other
for about five feet inward from the out
er ends of the wheel: oil the boxes and
Your mill is ready to work. In Mr..
NoOres mill the sails are of light duck,
and seem to answer perfectly, but he ex
presses his preference for boards, and
similar mill built by one of his neigh
FzsGxS had board sails. If metal boxes
for the shaft to run it cannot readily be
had the mill will run well enough in
hardwood boxes.
Such a mill will run at all times and
with a wind from any direction, ex-
cept square across the box. There is
no way of stopping it without danger OF
injury, and when you need no water
You must disconnect your pump. OF
course the mill can be stopped, but a
stiff wind would very likely strain the
rather slender construction, if held
rigid, and it needs to be light in order
TO start readily in n light breeze.
1t is evident that such mill as this
can be made to develop great deal of
power by increasing the length of the
arms or the width of the sails, or both.
The arms should not be less than eight
feet, making a 16-foot wheel, if any
considerable power is expected. The
width of the sails could be widened a
good deal-how much could, perhaps,
only be told by experiment. 1t is
probable that above a certain width
the wind would come over the top of the
box and interfere with the return of the
sails
The power generated by such a wind
mill would always be the difference be-
tween the impact of the wind on the
sails and the resistance of the still air
AZ the box against their return. An
SX20 foot mill in stiff wind would be
a ve-y powerful engine-quite suffi-
cient to do a good deal of irrigating,
but with a wind power a reservoir
would be necessary, as water might
he needed when no wind is blowing
For ordinary domestic supply such a
eniu as we certainly supplies
abundant power, for we saw it doing
the work.-San Francisco Chronicle.