Comments on: Watermill

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:28:11 +0000

I thought maybe we could attach and extend a main axle to the shore and power all of our saws…maybe just a grain mill then.

By: Colin D. Devroe

Colin D. Devroe — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:31:51 +0000

I guess the most difficult part, would be to actually use the energy produced in some way.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:21:37 +0000

The planks were actually split with the axe or ax.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:59:39 +0000

That’s hilarious. I totally thought you made it with your bare hands and an axe.

Did you bring a portable bandsaw to rip the planks for the blades? Ha!

The idea of you two standing in the river with a cordless drill is pretty funny, too!

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:33:22 +0000

This is at a river east of Waukee. It took some 4 wheeling down a rutted out dirt road to get there. The place was pretty secluded and the current was strong. That is what gave me the idea.

I was just kidding about only using the ax to make it. We actually had a screwgun and some 3″ screws that we used to attach everything together.

The experiment was to see if it could be made with only found materials and I think it could, but the screws saved us about a days worth of work.

Josh went back a couple of days later and it was still there. He said he had to make a few ajustments but got it working again. I might go and check it out tomorrow.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:54:45 +0000

This was really fun to see - looks like a great day. Was this at the Ledges?

How did you lash things together? Bark?

You should go back and see if it’s still there. It would be really fun to stumble upon it and wonder who made it and why. Very cool.