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The Miller's Workshop
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A Miller's Workshop has been reconstructed
in the Garner exhibition area. Many of the items here on display would
have been used by the past millers of New Hall Mill. |
| Millers had to be adept at many skills besides milling,
in order to keep the mill running, and the millers at New Hall Mill
were no exception. When the main shaft of the waterwheel broke, the
miller simply 'set-to' and repaired it himself. |
| In this picture, a 'stonenut'
with wooden teeth set in a cast iron
frame rests on the middle of the workbench. On the left, against the
wall, a box contains a number of mill bills or picks, and a two-speed
hand drill stands next to it. Hanging from the roof is a belt strainer,
used when fitting new belts, and a roll of leather belting. On the
right wall, saws hang from a rack; another rests in the wooden frame
below, set up ready for sharpening. Elsewhere are wooden planes, drill
braces and bits, a paraffin blowlamp, soldering irons and G-clamps. |
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