Hello, I have just stumbled across this group despite being interested in Westbury engines for many years. For the record I am a 43 year old male professional...
Hello Stuart, You should check <http://www.modelenginenews.org/index.html>, Ron's Model Engine site for recent news about Hemingway in re Woking (the ...
... 1940 ... Roller? ... Andrew: I use a forked driver in a battery drill to start my roller engine. The two forks are covered in soft silicone rubber tubing...
Dear all...I know this is late, but I just saw that what looks like a complete Wesbury roller is for sale in running order on e-bay... item number Item number:...
Hello all! I am in need of a set of plans or direction to the construction article (If one) in Model Engineer of the Atom Minor Mk 1 15 cc engine by ETW thanks...
... article ... ETW ... Hi Mark The Atom Minor Mk1 was described in Volume 67 (1932) of Model Engineer, starting in issue 1640. In his book "Model Petrol...
Malcolm, Thanks for the reply. At least I have a place to start looking. I will go to the State Library as I know they have back copies either bound or...
Dear Mark, Ten years ago I studied back issues of Model Engineer, for small IC engine patterns. MIT has them going back to almost the beginning, But last...
Dear Ambrose, Thanks for your reply, I will go to my local State Library tomorrow. They list as having "Model Engineer" in their catalog. regards Mark Williams...
Well I have just been to my local State Library and their copies of Model Engineer only go back as far as 1945, so........ If anyone can help who has some 1932...
Dear Mark, I suggested that you look in world cat. I did that. you want volume 67. I don't know what state you are in. of the 36 libraries holding model...
Ambrose, Yes thanks for the suggestion, I did follow your advice the other day without any luck, I am in Australia so the Libraries on world cat were not near...
Mark, I just checked my inventory list and am showing that I have all of Volume 66 which is the first half of 1932. I'll get them out tomorrow night and see...
Dear Mark the World Cat here in the state shows libraries in New Zealand holding, but no austrailian. I would try a call to the University of New South Wales;...
Hi Mark. Sydney Tech College Library in Ultimo has model engineer going back to at least the war years. Last time I checked access to the older magazines was...
Hi All, I've only just joined & seen this topic, so I may be getting it wrong but if you're looking for items in vol67 I can perhaps help - I can mail you ...
Steve, Wow , that would great, I am after the article by E T Westbury on the Atom Minor mk 1 15cc ignition engine, I believe starting in issue 1640 ,1932. I...
Mark, go on my website & find the email address& ping me an email. I've found the article, not checked how many there is but I can photograph them & email...
Due to commitment at work and the purchase of a full size aircraft project I have decided to clear out all my other projects that seem to be just going know...
So I finally bit the bullet and ordered the Seal Major kit from Hemmingway... I was wondering if there is anyhing I should know (e.g. known bugs in the...
... Having recently built a Seal 15, I came across a design fault that has been there from the beginning, but as far as I know has never been publisised - two...
Malcolm: I'm done with the construction of the same engine, I got so frustrated with design flaws that I abandoned the project for almost a year, finally got...
... frustrated ... and ... a ... in ... by ... head ... at ... Jamie The cylinder bores were designed to be offset from the crankshaft centreline. I gather...
Thanks for this Malcolm, I had read about the stud clash somewhere previously, but I had missed the idea of using the manifold stud to lock an unthreaded head ...
Jaime, thanks for this - I had previously read about the stud clash, but was unaware of the crank/rod alligment problems, can you explain this in a bit more...
According to the few available documents, the engine that I have found on Ebay is a Westbury's "Phoenix, 15 cc, two stroke engine. This engine is pretty rare...
... found on Ebay is a ... book of model petrol engines. ... the ... works on the ignition ... engine. ... expenses encountered. ... few traces on the web. ......
... Malcom, thank you for having added your Phoenix photos to mines, and for having addeded your interesting and precious comments, and help. I hope this will...
Malcolm, I 'saved' your posting of almost a month ago. I have been to the Hemmingway site many times, but found the "myhobbystore" site very interesting. Not...
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