[SEL] What did my son drag home

[Paul Pavlinovich]

My Ottawa 4hp has a bent crank on the flywheel side and it doesn't seem 
to bother the engine. There is a noticeable wobble in the flywheel and 
if the engine's skids arn't pegged down then it tends to go around in 
circles! The flywheel is straight (I wouldn't run it otherwise).

It partly cured itself a couple of years or so ago when I was showing it 
a Lake Goldsmith at Beaufort in Victoria. That part cure has a sad side 
to it though - I showed another exhibitor how to shut it down and asked 
him to keep an eye on it while I wandered the show (as I had done for 
him earlier that day). When I got back it was lieing on its side going 
around and around in circles. The guy who has supposed to be looking 
after it was nowhere to be seen. Others said it oversped then fell over 
before they figured out how to kill it. It kept going until it broke the 
magneto trip arm then all quiet. I've made a new trip arm for it, but I 
have not showed it again. Not until I get time to get it onto a proper 
cart with wide enough stance to not fall over. The current skids are 
just too narrow.

Paul

Paul Waugh wrote:
> Yes Dave I was .. but I think Helen answered it, now looking for a list of 
> serial numbers so can come up with a year year. Even seeing your tag we can 
> not read the word Ottawa on his. I knew it was a drag saw, but that was 
> about it.  Next question is what to do with a bent crank. It has been 
> dropped on flywheel side. I know there have been many discussions on this 
> but I don't keep many emails.
>
> Paul & Andrew Waugh in Indiana with 6 inches fresh snow and now getting high 
> winds
>
>
>