Windshaft

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File:Molen Noordeveldse molen, Dussen, bovenas oud.jpg
A windshaft lying near a mill
File:Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY HAER NY,52-HAMTE,2- (sheet 6 of 6).png
Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY HAER NY,52-HAMTE,2- (sheet 6 of 6)
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Windshaft connected to other parts. 1=sails; 2=windshaft; 3=brake wheel, 4=crown wheel with cogs; 5=vertical or main shaft.
File:Molen De Hoop Garderen bovenwiel in kap.jpg
brake wheel
File:Molen het Hert Putten bonkelaar.jpg
crown wheel with cogs and windshaft

The Windshaft is a part in a windmill that carries the sails and also the brake wheel (Smock and Tower mills, and in some Post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a Post Mill. Windshafts can be wholly made of wood, or wood with a cast iron poll end (upon where the sails are mounted) or entirely of cast iron.[1]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.CLARK, H. O; WAILES, REX (1949-01-01). "Notes on the Berton Sail and the Caviers or Hollow Post Mills of Anjou". Transactions of the Newcomen Society. 27 (1): 211–216. doi:10.1179/tns.1949.020. ISSN 0372-0187.