Brake Wheel

This material is held atMills Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 3132 FUWA-02227
  • Dates of Creation
    • 2013
  • Physical Description
    • 1 jpg
  • Digital Content

Scope and Content

The Brake Wheel is 10 ft 9in diameter and has 78 wooden teeth. It meshes with a Wallower gear that has 43 teeth, thus the gear ratio is 1.8:1. By using gears that are a mix of an odd and even number of teeth, cyclic wear of the teeth is prevented.

Access Information

This image is copyright the Friends of Upminster Windmill. Please [contact us](http://www.upminsterwindmill.co.uk/) for permission to download it.

Location of Originals

FUW digital archive

Additional Information

Published