 pine . New floorboards were laid in the dust floor , the 1 1 ⁄ 4 inches ( 32 mm ) thick elm boards being double @-@ grooved with a metal tongue between them . Those on the bin floor are of a similar configuration . The top four courses of brickwork of the mill tower were removed and work began on rebuilding them , aided by a trammel attached to the upright shaft .   During the second work @-@ in , the remainder of the stone floor was boarded , again using double @-@ grooved boards with a metal tongue between them . The window on the dust floor was rebuilt and the reconstruction of the top four courses of brickwork continued . The top two courses were rebuilt with red engineering bricks . The dust floor window had a reinforced concrete lintel cast as the tower was weak at this point and had distorted . The windshaft , the curb segments and fantail gearing were given two coats of red lead paint . A new finial for the cap was made from a piece of oak 3 feet ( 910 mm ) long by 16 inches ( 410 mm ) diameter . A start was made on removing the old pointing on the brickwork and repointing with gauged mortar .   After the work @-@ in had finished , the boarding of the stone floor was completed and the mill thoroughly cleaned in preparation for an open day which was held in late autumn . The work done in 1981 cost £ 3 @,@ 250 . Donations received were £ 2 @,@ 000 from Rank Xerox , £ 1 @,@ 704 from the Historic Buildings Council and £ 130 from St Edmundsbury Borough Council . Other donations and income received amounted to £ 70 . The project received further coverage in local media , the Eastern Daily Press , and South Norfolk News .   = = = 1982 = = =   The 1982 work @-@ ins took place from 24 July to 1 August and 21 August to 29 August . The work planned included the completion of the brickwork at the top of the tower , installation of the Elm curb , a start on the construction of the new cap , installing machinery and making and fitting various doors and windows . The cap frame was constructed , incorporating two beams from the original cap frame that were fit to be reused . The cap frame was completed in autumn 1982 . It had been constructed upside down and a mobile crane was used to turn it over and place the windshaft into position .   = = = 1983 = = =   Work in the early part of 1983 was mainly confined to smaller jobs such as casting various brasses and overhaul of the various parts of the fantail drivetrain and mechanism for controlling the Patent sails . The mill was generally made as safe as possible inside in preparation for scheduled visits , including one from the Wind and Watermill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings . Other work included the overhaul of the final drive to the 4 feet 7 inches ( 1 @.@ 40 m ) stones , including dismantling the stone nut and replacement of three cogs in beech .   When the weather improved , work commenced outside . The cap circle was mostly constructed before the first work @-@ in commenced . The work @-@ ins took place over two separate weeks in July and August , with 35 people participating . During the first work @-@ in , the fantail posts and braces were fitted . The oak cap ribs , which had been prefabricated offsite were fitted and the finial was supported by scaffolding ready for final fitting . Intermdiate noggings of oak were fitted and the finial was pulled into position using a windlass . The cap frame was competed with the fitting of intermediate ribs and noggings . The rear of the cap circle was also completed during this time .   Between the two work @-@ ins , the rear dormer was completed and the fitting of noggings to the cap frame completed . This enabled a start to be made on boarding the cap on the Monday of the second work @-@ in . The boards for the cap are ½ inch ( 13 mm ) thick and 9 inches ( 230 mm ) wide at the petticoat , tapering towards the top . A new neck bearing was installed under the windshaft , not without difficulty and much machining before it would fit . When the boarding of the cap was completed , the cover strips were fitted over the joints . The petticoat was drawn into position using a rope and windlass , and the galvanised steel reinforcing band screwed into position , producing a sturdy structure . The striking rod was fitted through the windshaft and the axle for the fantail fitted in position on top of the fantail posts . At the top of the mill tower , the curb was prepared to accept the cap , and the cast iron curb track plates bolted into position . Repointing of the brickwork of the tower continued , with nearly half of it completed at the end of the second work @-@ in .   After
Ġpine Ġ. ĠNew Ġfloor boards Ġwere Ġlaid Ġin Ġthe Ġdust Ġfloor Ġ, Ġthe Ġ1 Ġ1 Ġâ ģ Ħ Ġ4 Ġinches Ġ( Ġ32 Ġmm Ġ) Ġthick Ġel m Ġboards Ġbeing Ġdouble Ġ@ - @ Ġgro oved Ġwith Ġa Ġmetal Ġtongue Ġbetween Ġthem Ġ. ĠThose Ġon Ġthe Ġbin Ġfloor Ġare Ġof Ġa Ġsimilar Ġconfiguration Ġ. ĠThe Ġtop Ġfour Ġcourses Ġof Ġbrick work Ġof Ġthe Ġmill Ġtower Ġwere Ġremoved Ġand Ġwork Ġbegan Ġon Ġrebuilding Ġthem Ġ, Ġaided Ġby Ġa Ġtr amm el Ġattached Ġto Ġthe Ġupright Ġshaft Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDuring Ġthe Ġsecond Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ, Ġthe Ġremainder Ġof Ġthe Ġstone Ġfloor Ġwas Ġboarded Ġ, Ġagain Ġusing Ġdouble Ġ@ - @ Ġgro oved Ġboards Ġwith Ġa Ġmetal Ġtongue Ġbetween Ġthem Ġ. ĠThe Ġwindow Ġon Ġthe Ġdust Ġfloor Ġwas Ġrebuilt Ġand Ġthe Ġreconstruction Ġof Ġthe Ġtop Ġfour Ġcourses Ġof Ġbrick work Ġcontinued Ġ. ĠThe Ġtop Ġtwo Ġcourses Ġwere Ġrebuilt Ġwith Ġred Ġengineering Ġbricks Ġ. ĠThe Ġdust Ġfloor Ġwindow Ġhad Ġa Ġreinforced Ġconcrete Ġl intel Ġcast Ġas Ġthe Ġtower Ġwas Ġweak Ġat Ġthis Ġpoint Ġand Ġhad Ġdistorted Ġ. ĠThe Ġwind sh aft Ġ, Ġthe Ġcurb Ġsegments Ġand Ġfant ail Ġgearing Ġwere Ġgiven Ġtwo Ġcoats Ġof Ġred Ġlead Ġpaint Ġ. ĠA Ġnew Ġfin ial Ġfor Ġthe Ġcap Ġwas Ġmade Ġfrom Ġa Ġpiece Ġof Ġoak Ġ3 Ġfeet Ġ( Ġ9 10 Ġmm Ġ) Ġlong Ġby Ġ16 Ġinches Ġ( Ġ410 Ġmm Ġ) Ġdiameter Ġ. ĠA Ġstart Ġwas Ġmade Ġon Ġremoving Ġthe Ġold Ġpointing Ġon Ġthe Ġbrick work Ġand Ġrep oint ing Ġwith Ġgau ged Ġmortar Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAfter Ġthe Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġhad Ġfinished Ġ, Ġthe Ġboarding Ġof Ġthe Ġstone Ġfloor Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġand Ġthe Ġmill Ġthoroughly Ġcleaned Ġin Ġpreparation Ġfor Ġan Ġopen Ġday Ġwhich Ġwas Ġheld Ġin Ġlate Ġautumn Ġ. ĠThe Ġwork Ġdone Ġin Ġ1981 Ġcost ĠÂ£ Ġ3 Ġ@ , @ Ġ250 Ġ. ĠDon ations Ġreceived Ġwere ĠÂ£ Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġfrom ĠRank ĠXer ox Ġ, ĠÂ£ Ġ1 Ġ@ , @ Ġ7 04 Ġfrom Ġthe ĠHistoric ĠBuildings ĠCouncil Ġand ĠÂ£ Ġ130 Ġfrom ĠSt ĠEdmund s bury ĠBorough ĠCouncil Ġ. ĠOther Ġdonations Ġand Ġincome Ġreceived Ġamounted Ġto ĠÂ£ Ġ70 Ġ. ĠThe Ġproject Ġreceived Ġfurther Ġcoverage Ġin Ġlocal Ġmedia Ġ, Ġthe ĠEastern ĠDaily ĠPress Ġ, Ġand ĠSouth ĠNorfolk ĠNews Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ1982 Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġ1982 Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġins Ġtook Ġplace Ġfrom Ġ24 ĠJuly Ġto Ġ1 ĠAugust Ġand Ġ21 ĠAugust Ġto Ġ29 ĠAugust Ġ. ĠThe Ġwork Ġplanned Ġincluded Ġthe Ġcompletion Ġof Ġthe Ġbrick work Ġat Ġthe Ġtop Ġof Ġthe Ġtower Ġ, Ġinstallation Ġof Ġthe ĠElm Ġcurb Ġ, Ġa Ġstart Ġon Ġthe Ġconstruction Ġof Ġthe Ġnew Ġcap Ġ, Ġinstalling Ġmachinery Ġand Ġmaking Ġand Ġfitting Ġvarious Ġdoors Ġand Ġwindows Ġ. ĠThe Ġcap Ġframe Ġwas Ġconstructed Ġ, Ġincorporating Ġtwo Ġbeams Ġfrom Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġcap Ġframe Ġthat Ġwere Ġfit Ġto Ġbe Ġreused Ġ. ĠThe Ġcap Ġframe Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġin Ġautumn Ġ1982 Ġ. ĠIt Ġhad Ġbeen Ġconstructed Ġupside Ġdown Ġand Ġa Ġmobile Ġcrane Ġwas Ġused Ġto Ġturn Ġit Ġover Ġand Ġplace Ġthe Ġwind sh aft Ġinto Ġposition Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ1983 Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠWork Ġin Ġthe Ġearly Ġpart Ġof Ġ1983 Ġwas Ġmainly Ġconfined Ġto Ġsmaller Ġjobs Ġsuch Ġas Ġcasting Ġvarious Ġbr asses Ġand Ġoverhaul Ġof Ġthe Ġvarious Ġparts Ġof Ġthe Ġfant ail Ġdrive train Ġand Ġmechanism Ġfor Ġcontrolling Ġthe ĠPatent Ġsails Ġ. ĠThe Ġmill Ġwas Ġgenerally Ġmade Ġas Ġsafe Ġas Ġpossible Ġinside Ġin Ġpreparation Ġfor Ġscheduled Ġvisits Ġ, Ġincluding Ġone Ġfrom Ġthe ĠWind Ġand ĠWater mill ĠSection Ġof Ġthe ĠSociety Ġfor Ġthe ĠProtection Ġof ĠAncient ĠBuildings Ġ. ĠOther Ġwork Ġincluded Ġthe Ġoverhaul Ġof Ġthe Ġfinal Ġdrive Ġto Ġthe Ġ4 Ġfeet Ġ7 Ġinches Ġ( Ġ1 Ġ@ . @ Ġ40 Ġm Ġ) Ġstones Ġ, Ġincluding Ġdismantling Ġthe Ġstone Ġnut Ġand Ġreplacement Ġof Ġthree Ġc ogs Ġin Ġbe ech Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠWhen Ġthe Ġweather Ġimproved Ġ, Ġwork Ġcommenced Ġoutside Ġ. ĠThe Ġcap Ġcircle Ġwas Ġmostly Ġconstructed Ġbefore Ġthe Ġfirst Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġcommenced Ġ. ĠThe Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġins Ġtook Ġplace Ġover Ġtwo Ġseparate Ġweeks Ġin ĠJuly Ġand ĠAugust Ġ, Ġwith Ġ35 Ġpeople Ġparticipating Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġfirst Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ, Ġthe Ġfant ail Ġposts Ġand Ġbraces Ġwere Ġfitted Ġ. ĠThe Ġoak Ġcap Ġribs Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhad Ġbeen Ġpref ab ric ated Ġoff site Ġwere Ġfitted Ġand Ġthe Ġfin ial Ġwas Ġsupported Ġby Ġscaff olding Ġready Ġfor Ġfinal Ġfitting Ġ. ĠInter md iate Ġn ogg ings Ġof Ġoak Ġwere Ġfitted Ġand Ġthe Ġfin ial Ġwas Ġpulled Ġinto Ġposition Ġusing Ġa Ġwind lass Ġ. ĠThe Ġcap Ġframe Ġwas Ġcompeted Ġwith Ġthe Ġfitting Ġof Ġintermediate Ġribs Ġand Ġn ogg ings Ġ. ĠThe Ġrear Ġof Ġthe Ġcap Ġcircle Ġwas Ġalso Ġcompleted Ġduring Ġthis Ġtime Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠBetween Ġthe Ġtwo Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġins Ġ, Ġthe Ġrear Ġdorm er Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġand Ġthe Ġfitting Ġof Ġn ogg ings Ġto Ġthe Ġcap Ġframe Ġcompleted Ġ. ĠThis Ġenabled Ġa Ġstart Ġto Ġbe Ġmade Ġon Ġboarding Ġthe Ġcap Ġon Ġthe ĠMonday Ġof Ġthe Ġsecond Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ. ĠThe Ġboards Ġfor Ġthe Ġcap Ġare ĠÂ½ Ġinch Ġ( Ġ13 Ġmm Ġ) Ġthick Ġand Ġ9 Ġinches Ġ( Ġ230 Ġmm Ġ) Ġwide Ġat Ġthe Ġp ett ico at Ġ, Ġtap ering Ġtowards Ġthe Ġtop Ġ. ĠA Ġnew Ġneck Ġbearing Ġwas Ġinstalled Ġunder Ġthe Ġwind sh aft Ġ, Ġnot Ġwithout Ġdifficulty Ġand Ġmuch Ġmach ining Ġbefore Ġit Ġwould Ġfit Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthe Ġboarding Ġof Ġthe Ġcap Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġ, Ġthe Ġcover Ġstrips Ġwere Ġfitted Ġover Ġthe Ġjoints Ġ. ĠThe Ġp ett ico at Ġwas Ġdrawn Ġinto Ġposition Ġusing Ġa Ġrope Ġand Ġwind lass Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġgalvan ised Ġsteel Ġreinforcing Ġband Ġscrewed Ġinto Ġposition Ġ, Ġproducing Ġa Ġsturdy Ġstructure Ġ. ĠThe Ġstriking Ġrod Ġwas Ġfitted Ġthrough Ġthe Ġwind sh aft Ġand Ġthe Ġaxle Ġfor Ġthe Ġfant ail Ġfitted Ġin Ġposition Ġon Ġtop Ġof Ġthe Ġfant ail Ġposts Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġtop Ġof Ġthe Ġmill Ġtower Ġ, Ġthe Ġcurb Ġwas Ġprepared Ġto Ġaccept Ġthe Ġcap Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġcast Ġiron Ġcurb Ġtrack Ġplates Ġbolted Ġinto Ġposition Ġ. ĠRep oint ing Ġof Ġthe Ġbrick work Ġof Ġthe Ġtower Ġcontinued Ġ, Ġwith Ġnearly Ġhalf Ġof Ġit Ġcompleted Ġat Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġsecond Ġwork Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAfter