'O kekahi o nā mīkini ma'alahi no ke kamanā a me ke kamanā'o ia ka mea'okihi lā'au. Me kēia'oihana pololei loa, hiki ke hana i nā'ano hana'oihana lā'au. A me kekahi mau akamai a me nā akamai o ka haku, hiki i ka mīkini lima ke ho'ohana i mea hana no ke kālai lā'au ma ka papa honua.
'O ka mīkini he makani hili nui ka mana, kahi māmā a me kekahi mau mea alaka'i. Ua ho'olālā'ia ka engine e ho'ololi i ka mīkini i ka laulā o 12 a 24,000 tpm, e hā'awi ana i kahi'oki kūpono. Nō kāu, he manuale meaʻoki no ka wahie i hoʻolako pono me ka mea hoʻokonukonu huli ka rotational mämä holo hilinaʻi nui ma luna o ka nui o ka meaʻoki i hoʻohana. 'O ka nui o ka mea oki ki'i,'o ka li'ili'i o ka wikiwiki o kona holo'ana, i mea e pale ai i ka ho'oulu'ana.
Hiki i nā mea'oki'oki ke kālai'ia e nā mea'oki lā'au ka mea hiki ke hana i nā'ano'elua, ka mea i kapa'ia he'oki'oki hope, no ke kanu'ana i nā huewai, nā huelo, a me nā "dovetail". A me nā mea'ūlili palaoa, nā mea i ho'ohālike'ia no ka hana'ana i ka maka o ka hana, pololei,'ākau a me ke'ano. Hope o nā mea wili e māheleʻia i loko o paukūʻolokaʻa, semicircular a kuhikuhi, heʻoiʻoi ma ke maopopo huina. 'A'ole hiki ke helu'ia ka hui'ana o nā mea kālai lā'au kāko'o, akā, he'ano like'ole ka'ike'ana,'o ke anawaena o ke po'o he 4 a 30 mm.
Hiki i ka paila palaoa ka mea wili i ka hopena, ka mea e ho'opau ai i ka pihi o ka'oki'oki i ka mea i hana'ia. Ma kahi o ke kaha hookanika, hiki ke ho'okomo'ia kahi kī'aha li'ili'i. 'O ke'ano o ka palena o ka pa'a o ka mea'oki pōhaku ka mea hiki ke ho'ohana i nā kumuhana kūpono hou i ka wā e ho'ohana'ia ai ka hana hana e ho'ohui pono'ia me ka'ōpala a me ka mea'oki pōhaku, me kona kau'ana i ke kumukū'ai, e'oki i ka hana ma kahi hō'ike a me ka nui i hā'awi'ia. Ho'omākaukau'ia nā papahana i nā mea pa'akikī, hiki ke hana i nā pākeke he nui, pupuhi he 10 mm, pepa textolite, aluminika a plexiglass paha.
'O ka'enehi wili lā'au i hana'ia i kēia manawa, he mechanics ia e ho'oponopono ai i ka hohonu o ka mīkini, ka mea i kapa'ia he loli. Ho'opilipili'ia ka mīkini a me lalo ma luna o'elua mau ko'oko'o alaka'i pono'ī, kahi e ho'onohonoho ai i ka mea'oki pōhaku ma nā wahi ki'eki'e. No nā hana i hana pinepine'ia, aia kahi limiter'ekolu, he'ano kipi, kahi i ho'oha'aha'a'ia ai ka mea'oki pōhaku a ho'onohonoho'ia i kēia kūlana. No ka'oi aku o ka ho'ololi pono'ana i ke ki'eki'e, ho'olako'ia kahi pani huki hou.
Eia kekahi, ua ho'okumu'ia ka mea'oki'oki lā'au e pa'a i ka lima me kahi'ōpala o ka mīkini'ana ma kahi palena i ka palena o ka hana. He pahu kūikawā kūikawā kēia e ne'e nei ma nā kī kaulike'elua i ho'opa'a'ia ma ka pūnaewele o ka mīhini. Ma hope o ka ho'okumu hope'ana, ho'opa'a'ia ka hopena me nā ku'ima'elua. Inā lawa'ole ka lō'ihi o kēia'ōkuhi a'a'ole i loa'a ka mamao i'ōlelo'ia, a laila ma kahi o ka hopena, ua ho'ohana'ia nā alala alaka'i, hiki ke ho'okomo'ia ma kekahi wahi.
No ka li'ili'i loa o ka mana o ka mea ka'a o ka mea hana lima. Hiki ke ho'ohana'ia nā mīkini lima manuahi e ho'oku'u i nā motokā elekene me ka mana o 1.5 kilowatts. Akā inā ho'ohana'ia ka mīkini i ke'ano loiloi mau,'a'ole lawa kēia mana. He'oi aku ka maika'i o ke kū'ai'ana i ka mīkini mea'ai me ka engine o 1.8 ai'ole 2.0 kilowatts. I kēia hihia, ua lawa ka mana hana no nā hana a puni kekona.