[SEL] Wolseley Type "R"

[edd payne]

Well.How about all the farm machinery the has unmachined cast gears and some
engines also.These last a long time ,some I have seen are 100 years old and
still going.Try the gears on most traction engines, steam rollers and many
old tractors these are not machined.The Otto langdon engine in the Sydney
power house museum has hand cut gears.You can still see the centre pop marks
and scriber marks from the marking out after 100 plus years and they are a
work of art done by a very skilled tradesman.A local bloke hand cut a gear
for a 3hp M IHC mag  and it will outlast any of us and runs with no noise.
EDD PAYNE
PO BOX 364 GULGONG
New South Wales  AUSTRALIA 2852
0263742387
edsingns at winsoft.net.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim and Diane" <jd.kirkes at verizon.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:34
Subject: Re: [SEL] Wolseley Type "R"


> Hi Orrin,
>
> It could also be why the original gear failed.  I don't care how good
> somebody is with a file, it is just not possible to get a good enough
tooth
> form to have a long life.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim and Diane Kirkes
> Hemet, CA , U.S.A.
> jd.kirkes at verizon.net
>
> Quite off topic, but very interesting is the first half of the paragraph:
>
> "It was at this meeting that I saw a large bearded mechanic, who was with
> one of the French entrants, take a stripped timing wheel, mark out the
teeth
> on a steel disc or blank he had got from Nice and then, filing throughout
> the night, he formed all the teeth for a new camshaft gear which he fitted
> to his engine in time for a race the next day."
>
> Anyone with a familiarity of machine shop work will say that is a
remarkable
> achievement!
>
> Orrin
>
> Orrin Iseminger
> Colton, Washington, USA
> http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/index.htm
> So many projects.  So little time.
>
>
>
>
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