Westbury did publish his design for the 'Busy Bee' carburettor. IIRC it appeared a couple of volumes after the Busy Bee in the Model Engineer, as did a...
According to the index perhaps: 105 2627 421 Petrol Engine Topics A 50-c.c. Auxiliary Engine ("Busy Bee") Edgar T.Westbury Not a clutch, magneto timing,...
Hi, not an ETW , but I hope someone here will have the reference/s Trying to make a float out of thin brass sheeting. I know there was an ME article which...
Hi Des, I'm not sure about this, but can brass be spun like alu and other soft metals? If so, then it should not be too difficult to turn up a mandrel and spin...
I had trouble working with brass sold as shimstock. My experience was that it's too springy to spin, and it did not respond well to annealing. I ended up...
I don't remember which volume it appeared in, but it may have been associated with the 'Queen Bee' engine, which shared many parts with the 'Busy Bee' I have...
Hi: My first post on the group, and I have some experience with sheet brass so I thought I'd chime in. If you're spinning or forming sheet brass, it's not like...
Dear Peter, I have read that cooling jackets were made by a similar plating process in the early days of the internal comustion engine applied to cars and...
Brass can be spun or formed over a wood block pretty easy. But you have to remember that brass will "work harden" when formed. (Just like copper) I think most...
I think the brass alloy has a lot to do with it's cold working properties as well as work hardening. Alloys like gilding metal or cartridge brass certainly...
Dear Peter, Bronze which has copper, zinc and tin, and I think a fourth element is more maleable and workable. it is a more plastic non ferrous alloy In...
Folks, I just received a message from "Moderators Central" of a rather substantial change in the handling of email attachments. Note that this isnot effective...
Sounds good. WIll that eliminate the problem of going back through the FILES section, trying to download an older yet still listed .JPG or .PDF, and being...
About the same time as the 'Busy Bee' appeared in ME there were some notes and a couple of photos of a cyclemotor engine under the heading 'A Startling...
Hello Everybody, Â I'm absolutely delighted that somebody has set up this website. Â As a young serviceman in Gibraltar during the Franco seige, rather than...
Well James, you found the right place! - It is a little quiet here, but there is a deal of knowlage lurking in the dark! Malcolm (Starting a Seal Major)...
Peter, I live in Washington state and have an acquaintance who lives in Vancouver, WA who has built one. I'm not sure that he is a member of this group. ...
Hello Peter, Â There was an article about an improved version of the "Centaur" engine published in the "Model Engineer" several years ago.The improvemnts were...
Centaur is considered a farm engine 4 stroke, overhead valves, water cooled 1 cylinder spark, 1 1/2 inch bore x 2 inch, the build articles were published in : ...
I've got a part built one gathering dust under the workbench. If I had the latest 'words and music', it might rekindle enthusiasm to get it out and resume...
Although many 'subscribers' are pretty knowledgeable about machine shop practices, some may benefit from this. These are pretty 'basic' videos, but they don't...
Thank you Carl, I know I sure can use them. Ren From: ETWestburyEngines@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ETWestburyEngines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Carl Carlsen ...
Hello again,  The article I had in mind was                 "Experiences with Centaur" by R.R. May                 ...
Does anyone know what the specs are, for the worm wheel driving the pumps in the above engine. I have the drawings and the ME description but cant fine the...
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