The mill is needing new sweeps (sails), the wood to make the "backbone" or whip of the sweeps has been purchased. These are 35ft long pieces of Laminated Larch, approx 8" square in section at their thickest end. These would traditionally have been made from solid timber, which was an option for us &, indeed would have been cheaper, but we decided to go for the laminated material to reduce the possibility of movement resulting in splits, thereby allowing moisture into the wood. Also the Danish firm who supplied the material were able to cut the whips to the necessary taper, thereby saving us many hours of work!
As this is a long term project, we needed to make some space in the workshop by by storing the whips off the ground so that they are out of the way until we are ready to work on them.
This was this mornings activity, as the photos show....
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