[SEL] Webster Mag Date

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Fri Aug 13 05:06:43 PDT 2004


hi ted could you get me two coils for webster mags two k and  two model  L
thanks for your time    DENNIS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Brookover" <ignitors at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Webster Mag Date


> Hi Joe, good questions, unfortunately the answers are somewhat suspect.
>
> The best information available is in Doc Schuster's book, "The Webster
> System", where he states that Emil Podlesak was the superintendent of the
> Webster Electric Co. prior to 1913 while the company was located in
Tiffin,
> OH.
>
> Dr. Schuster also states that the move to Racine was brought about by an
> eviction and a flood in Ohio, in 1913.
>
> These two pieces of information are interesting, unfortunately in the next
> paragraph or two he gives the impression that, 1. the change to Horseshoe
> Magnets (AKA the birth of the Tri-Polar) came in or after 1913 and, 2.
that
> the brass frames were used till the WW I era (1914 to 1918 depending on
your
> location), since both of these have long since been shown to be false by
> evidence from the period,  I am forced to be suspect of the first two.
>
> First evidence of the Tri-Polar as I have said, shows up in magazines of
> late 1911 and it has been my experience that brass frames were abandoned
for
> die cast Zinc sometime prior to 1914, as evidenced by picture in these
same
> magazines. Someone that has seen as many Websters as I have can spot the
> Brass frames from the Zinc frames by the shape of the casting.
>
> PS, thanks for the kind words from you and everyone else on the list.
>
>
> Ted Brookover
> 4801 E. Red Bridge Rd.
> Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
> 816-763-3142
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Prindle" <joe_prindle2001 at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 12:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Webster Mag Date
>
>
> > Hi Ted,
> > I hope you are on the mend and up and around again soon. You have been
> > pretty quiet lately, which is understandable, and I have missed your wit
> > and wisdom.
> > So, great magneto guru, let me ask you a few questions:
> > About when did Webster move to Racine from Tiffin, Ohio? Any idea how
> > come? Who was Podelsak and what were his patents?
> > Those are questions I have always wondered about but never knew the
> > answers to. If anyone knows, it's you. I love webster mags, they are
> > pretty darned reliable and they are a good looking piece of engineering.
> > Thanks, and take care!
> > Joe
> > --- Ted Brookover <ignitors at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > Actually 1911 is more like it, bass framed ones were advertized in Gas
> > > Power
> > > in mid to late 1911
> > >
> >
> >
> > =====
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> >
> >
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