tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052023610975143382.post1151560399678253582..comments2021-09-21T09:10:48.067+01:00Comments on Acorn Bank Watermill Blog: The leaky wheelBob Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077533930363666809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052023610975143382.post-67446921794301293802012-01-25T10:10:10.920+00:002012-01-25T10:10:10.920+00:00Hello Bob, I spent 4 years of Saturdays (and the r...Hello Bob, I spent 4 years of Saturdays (and the rest!) restoring 200 year old Compagnes Drift Mill in Bot River, South Africa. Fully functioning for the last 4 years now. but still work to do, a rotten spoke on the Pit Wheel. Some but not all of the 151 reports are on http://www.sandstone-estates.com/index.php/andys-world Send me an e-mail address to (first word is spelt back to front)eflesa@mweb.co.za :-) Andy (the bearded one on the left)aselfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301155493466559362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052023610975143382.post-44194219410153913322012-01-22T15:38:22.209+00:002012-01-22T15:38:22.209+00:00Thanks for that. Which mill are you? Do you have ...Thanks for that. Which mill are you? Do you have a blog or a website?<br />Incidentally, is there any particular reason why you have disappeared from the list of members of our blog?Bob Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077533930363666809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052023610975143382.post-59301791148990952512012-01-20T19:32:35.358+00:002012-01-20T19:32:35.358+00:00You might consider removing each lining board and ...You might consider removing each lining board and cutting a longways groove in each, opposite one another and inserting a hoop-iron strip. The process is described by the Mills Section of SPAB, and I found the planks at Compagnes Drift like that and have re-done it like that. Tough about cutting the bolts, I had to replace 800!aselfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301155493466559362noreply@blogger.com