Does the final driven wheel spin very rapidly, or very slowly as in a winch?

I remember as a kid about 1960 the neighboring farm had a hand driven six inch by one inch grinding wheel which was geared up like that. It had a fairly heavy flywheel, so you could spin it up and do a bit of light grinding work on the stored energy. Or you could have a second party there to steadily turn the crank.

People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.