Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill is located at Temple Sowerby, around six miles east of the town of Penrith. The garden and watermill are owned by the National Trust. The watermill is now leased from the National Trust and is operated by the former volunteers, who have formed Acorn Bank Watermill Trust, registered charity no 1193320
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
A new handle
While Bob was operating the mill on Sunday, the handle of the shutter next to the gate valve came off in his hand. Inspection showed that there had been a knot in the wood at just the point of maximum stress. Today Ray and Bob made a new, overengineered, handle. The design was mainly to avoid having to dismantle the whole assembly to remove the shutter. They can be seen above putting the screws in.
Meanwhile George was getting on with the pointing.
Note that, entirely by accident, none of today's pictures shows anyone's face.
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