[SEL] Webster Mag Date

[Ted Brookover]

Hi Dennis, I'm sorry but I am not a parts dealer, I suggest you contact one
of these guys.

Magneto Parts
Bill Lopoulos
29 Chard Rd
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
978-649-7879
email: blopoulos at aol.com
http://www.magnetoparts.com

Marks Magneto Service
395 South Burnham Hwy.
Lisbon,06351,CT.
860-887-1094

Mitch Malcolm
mitchmalcolm at hotmail.com
RR1 Box. 564B
Otertail,56571,MN.
218-367-2819

Hit & Miss Enterprises
4462 Montgomery Road
Orwell, OH 44076
(440)272-5335 day or (440)272-5333 eve
sales at hitnmiss.com  sales at hitnmiss.com

Lee W. Pedersen
78 Taft Ave.
Lynbrook, NY 11563
http://enginads.com/pedersen/index.html

Starbolt Engine Supplies
3403 Buckeystown Pk.
Adamstown, MD 21710
(301)874-2821 8:30AM to 4:30PM
(301)694-2821 5:00PM to 9:00PM
Email: Starbolt4uaol.com   Web Site: http://www.enginads.com/starbolt/

Ted Brookover
4801 E. Red Bridge Rd.
Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
816-763-3142
ignitors at sbcglobal.net , Home Page,
http://www.oldengine.org/members/brookover/
Ignitor ID Page, http://www.oldengine.org/members/brookover/ign-id.htm

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Burnoil" <burnoil at hotmail.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Webster Mag Date


> 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>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> 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
> > ignitors at sbcglobal.net , Home Page,
> > http://www.oldengine.org/members/brookover/
> > Ignitor ID Page, http://www.oldengine.org/members/brookover/ign-id.htm
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Prindle" <joe_prindle2001 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> > 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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