[SEL] Webster Holder

[fero_ah at city-net.com]

Hi Dave,

Pretty fancy rig!!  Are you aware of the Webster tripping handles that go over
the right hand pin on the front of the mag?  Makes testing (if you'll pardon
the unintended pun) a snap.  With one of those you don't even need a vice, just
hold the mag/ignitor on the bench with one hand, and trip it with the other.

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

Quoting Dave Ernst <shop at cccomm.net>:

> It's been very damp, cold and foggy here so I cranked up the heat in the
> shop and built something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I have
> several engines that run with Webster magnetos and every time I have to work
> on one I end up clamping it in the vise to hold it while trying to trip the
> mechanism to check spark, and invariably the thing comes loose and falls
> out. So with the cold nasty fog outside I built a bracket to hold them. I
> used an old igniter from a Alamo engine, a piece of  4 X 4 angle and mounted
> the igniter to the angle. Made a handle and a couple of slides for the push
> rod, mounted the trip finger and I was done. Works great, makes me wonder
> why I didn't do this years ago. I guess when we get older we eventually get
> wiser.........
> A couple of pictures of this contraption at
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009545&a=31617116&f=