Как устроена мельница

The shaft, wings, cam wheel, spindle, and millstones are all parts of the mill mechanism. Without their coordinated operation, neither flour nor grain can be obtained from grain. Pavel Tuchin, a staff member at the Malye Korely Museum, explains the construction of a windmill using an early 20th-century example—a post-mill from the village of Kalgachikha in the Onega District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Incidentally, such a mill could grind 60-100 poods (1.5 tons) of grain per day, or up to 1.5 tons.