Posted by nebraska cowman on November 15, 2014 at 14:09:42 from (66.252.116.102):
In Reply to: What the heck is a posted by Mike in Mn. on November 15, 2014 at 12:00:53:
The weight as mentioned was to counterbalance the vanes on the wheel. Modern windmills are governed by a spring tension on the tail which keeps the wheel pointed into the wind. In severe wind conditions the spring will allow the wheel to fold around to the tail and thus not facing the wind it will slow down and not tear itself to pieces. I have seen mills actually stop in a hard wind. The early wooden mills had a complicated system where the vanes in the open or shut to regulate speed. The weight was slid in and out on a bar to regulate the adjustment. They were not self governing and if a wind came up you had better be paying attention and either shut the mill off (by pulling (furling) the tail in so it does not run or climbing up and changing the setting on the weight. Weights were made in ornate shapes, many times animals such as a rooster or a horse, peculiar to the manufacturer and are highly sought after by collectors
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