Comments on: Anatomy of a Mill (Stamps) http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/09/05/anatomy-of-a-mill-stamps/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/09/05/anatomy-of-a-mill-stamps/#comment-6060 explorer Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:03:17 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2463#comment-6060 There are two things I found very interesting about Stamps when doing the research for this post. First of which was the need for an independent power source to power the valves for the cylinder. For some reason (ignorance mostly) I had assumed that the stamps required no power to operate - only the steam itself. Not true. This means that a mill required a steam engine of its own somewhere on site to run the belt drive for these valves. That power source also had to twist the stamps, which is the second thing that I found interesting. In all the Quincy pics I noticed that pulley attached to the shaft and wondered what it was for - crazy. And to think that all this technology was designed and built over a century and a half ago. There are two things I found very interesting about Stamps when doing the research for this post. First of which was the need for an independent power source to power the valves for the cylinder. For some reason (ignorance mostly) I had assumed that the stamps required no power to operate - only the steam itself. Not true. This means that a mill required a steam engine of its own somewhere on site to run the belt drive for these valves.

That power source also had to twist the stamps, which is the second thing that I found interesting. In all the Quincy pics I noticed that pulley attached to the shaft and wondered what it was for - crazy. And to think that all this technology was designed and built over a century and a half ago.

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