[SEL] Webster Holder

[Dave Ernst]

Yea, I have one I bought from Ed at Hit & Miss. The metal is so soft that 
the end is worn to the point it will only trip the mag about 25 degrees or 
so. I've been threatening to make one of those too.
Pogonip is back this morning........
Dave



> 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=
>
>
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