[SEL] Wico "F"

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

Boy is that ever different.  Never saw a Witte like that before.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California
USA
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On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:08:50 -0700 Steve Gray <segray at mlode.com> writes:
> Hi Dave -
> 
>    Yeah, this is a new one to me, it's the only rotary mag I've ever 
> 
> seen from Wico. The Witte it's on is somewhat of an odd ball, for 
> that 
> matter. I should have put these pics up earlier. The armature, 
> nothing 
> more than a section of the laminated core, is pressed onto a bronze 
> 
> sleeve and includes the adjustable cam to operate the points. This 
> assembly is mounted on a steel tube that is part of the stationary 
> mag 
> base plate. Similar to the EK and PR mags, the armature lines up 
> with 
> the laminated core, in this case, with 6 bar magnets at the top 
> behind 
> the name plate. When the flywheel is mounted on the crank, a pin 
> screwed 
> into the flywheel engages a small drive hole in the armature and 
> rotates 
> it in unison with the crankshaft. Different to say the least!
> 
> Try these:
> 
> WicoF1 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1.jpg>
> WicoF1A <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1A.jpg>
> WicoF1B <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1B.jpg>
> WicoF2 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF2.jpg>
> Witte1 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF3.jpg>
> Witte2 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF4.jpg>
> Witte3 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF5.jpg>
> Witte4 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF6.jpg>
> 
> - Best regards,
> 
>     Steve