[SEL] Webster Bracket Help Please

[Elden DuRand]

Alan:

Do you have a photo of the bracket so I have some idea of whether I can do the job with my lathe and mill?

If I can, I'd do it for the cost of materials.

Take care - Elden
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>  Behalf Of Alan
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 02:02 PM
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> Subject: [SEL] Webster Bracket Help Please
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> 
> Greetings Folks and welcome to 2010.
>  
> Back in 2004 I spent a Saturday at the Portland 
> engine show.
> While there I picked up a Nelson Brothers built 
> MacLeod with a Webster mag.
> This is the Nelson Brothers 45 degree angled bracket.
>  
> It has always been a bad starter so I have not 
> done anything with it until now.
> For the Buckley show this year I need a couple 
> more good running engines.
> I pulled the Webster bracket off and the movable 
> shaft has a bit of slop in it.
>  
> With the medical issues I have been through 
> lately and the time missed at work I don't have 
> much in the way of engine cash right now.
> I can't afford what a shop here wants to charge for this.
> I would like to send this to someone who would be 
> willing and able to drill and bush the hole to 
> take the slop out of it. I would be happy to pay 
> a reasonable fee.
>  
> Alan in Michigan