Parsell & Weed Horizontal IC Engine

[b.lindsey]

Thanks Todd! I appreciate the info and pictures too.

Bill

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Gee, when you see it all in place you realize what a complex mechanism it is. Nice work professor 

Cletus

[b.lindsey]

Thanks Cletus. The pictures don't really show how small the mechanism is but I'm happy with it so far.

Bill

[littlelocos]

Bill,
Glad to help!

If you look carefully, you can see differences between the governor on the Vertical I completed for Woody and the redesigned governor on the Horizontal you're working on.  The governor is one area I spent a lot of time on in the redesign -- mostly to make it look more like the prototype.

Also, on the prototype drawings I posted earlier, note the horizontally-facing bottom fasteners on the pushrod brackets.  I moved these around to the bottom in order to stay compatible with the original model casting sets.

Todd.

[Flyboy Jim]

Bill, I think there are more parts in that governor mechanism than there was in my complete Elmer's #25! Smaller too! Impressive. 

Jim

[b.lindsey]

Thanks Jim. Actually there are a couple more parts to go yet, namely the upper and lower latch pins you can see in Todd's drawings above.

Bill

[b.lindsey]

This afternoon, I got the spark plug hole put in the head. The first photo shows the set up, the RT mounted to the angle table to get the 5 degree angle. After counterboring, I drill and tapped the 1/4-32 hole as shown in the next three photos. The last two are other family shots of the business end with everything attached. Beginning to look like an engine now!

Bill

[Don1966]

Oh yea Bill, I love it already. That's turning into a great looking engine. Beautiful work buddy.......


 
Don 

[Kim]

Thanks for the explanation on the spring Bill.  Between your explanation, and Todd's pictures, it became clear to me

Your engine is really shaping up!  It looks great!
Kim

[zeeprogrammer]

Beginning to look like an engine now!

Saw the pictures first and then read your text. Exactly what I was thinking.

Gee...need an emoticon with a couple of hands rubbing together to show the building excitement.

And Bill doesn't even need to add food recipes!

[Dave Otto]

Nice progress Bill!

Pendulum governors are cool; it will be fun to see it in motion.

Dave

[joe d]

That governor is a busy piece of work, Bill.

Looking forward to more

Joe

[fumopuc]

Hi Bil, I am still following your progress. I like these pendulum governors. Cool to see it at a model engine.

[cwelkie]

All the little pieces are finding their rightful place!
Very, very nice work Bill.

[b.lindsey]

Thanks guys for looking in. The pendulum governor is an interesting thing, and I look forward to seeing it in action myself.  Up this week will be the valves and the flywheel end supports to begin getting the other end of the engine looking more functional as well

Zee, you guys are doing well on recipes, but it things begin to lag some I may have a few I can through in also 

Bill