The missing bearing
Martin Herridge seeks more traction!
Quicker than a bucket and spade
Mud & Rubble, too deep for the JCB
Taking a breather
Martin checks the controls.
The bottom of the culvert.
Keeping the volunteers under control!
Water flowing into the penstock
Testing the valves!
A trial lift of the wheel.
More mud, inside this time
Back to sound brickwork
Clearing around the front door
Detail on the centre post
Detail on the centrepost
The right hand pair of stones
The left hand pair of stones
The earliest(?) MAC electrical timing gear
The remains of the sack hoist
The PTO shaft now disconnected
Bearing hanger for the PTO shaft
Inner end of the PTO shaft & gear
The sticking stone nut
If diesel won't penetrate we'll try Coke
Pheasants in the farmyard
A clay cup to hold penetrating fluid
Yes, it really is Coca Cola!
Colin tries to ignore the rust!
A temporary solution, but it works!
Now we can move the wheel we can see the rust from different angles.
Two Johns work on the walls
Relaying the front wall
Removing a bolt-head!
Another bolt head. There are over 600 to get out.
The PTO bearing block
Err, how does this go?
The PTO for the stable block.
The bearing plinth back to sound brickwork.
Signs of decay in the gear pit
The empty penstock
Martin wonders why he dropped that rock in there!
Yet more mud
Even wetter mud
The shape of the tailrace begins to emerge
The first drainage channel. This was at the end of a tiring day.
One day all this will turn!
Colin & John staying out of the sun
Martin gets in some practise
A view up the culvert, beside the mill building.
John gets to grips with his power-hammer
The wheel has stood in mud like this for at least 50 years.
Clearing the undergrowth
Aren't chainsaws wonderful?
Shelsley Watermill, in need of TLC.
Near the end of the culvert.
The tailrace came in from the left, somewhere here.
Sometimes we had to resort to the angle-grinder!
Snowy Startline
Snowy Mill, Feb 2009
The hillclimb course is under there somwhere!
St Andrew's Church, Feb 2009
John works round the wheel
Checking the new brickwork
The new bearing plinth, still to be paved
Rustic brickwork
Close up of wet concrete!
The chain gang
Martin, Max, John, Colin, John & Richard
Under the stones
Under the stones, wallower on the left.
View of the wheel from inside the mill
One stone nut, disengaged.
The great spur wheel, with one stone nut disengaged
The Miller's Billy.
The strip light is not original!
THe adjustment for the stones
Beginning the clearance. photo by C & D Baker
The front steps. photo by C & D Baker
Clear of weeds for the first time in years! photo by C & D Baker
Early investigations. photo by C & D Baker
The original team, Martin Colin & John. photo by C & D Baker
The mill from the hill side. photo by C & D Baker
The mill from the farmyard side. photo by C & D Baker
The decayed sid eof the wheel. photo by C & D Baker
Lots of laurel. photo by C & D Baker
Martin digs out the PTO shaft. photo by C & D Baker
Richard gets his boot muddy. photo by C & D Baker
Diverting the stream. photo by C & D Baker
We need water here. photo by C & D Baker
There's a stream here somewhere! photo by C & D Baker
THe gate valve. photo by C & D Baker
Water running through. photo by C & D Baker
John laying paving.
Max is sure enough of his bricklaying skills to turn his back on it.
John's paving looks good.
Plenty of concrete to hold back the soil.
Even the best stonework needs a little TLC
Universal joint in the middle of the PTO shaft
