jgedde
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After finishing the Solidworks model (http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=25266), I generated working drawings for the distributor and started cutting. An odd part to start with? Well yes. But, I made the distributor parts out of G10 and G11 fiberglass. Messy stuff to work with and I wanted to get it over with. It sticks to everything with oil on it, and sucks up oil like a sponge. So, my lathe and mill will need a through cleaning and reoiling afterwards.
In any event, I started the distributor cover, wire guides and rotor housing along with a decorative brass disc. I then colored the G10 parts black by boiling them in black RIT fabric dye with a 1/2 cup of vinegar mixed into the water. After that, an application of shellac applied French poilsh style to deepen the color and to prevent black fingers from handling.
The brass disc and the wire guides were CA glued into the cover and the wire outlets drilled through.
I then started on the distrbutor contact plate. 5 brass terminals pressed into a uncolored G11 contact plate. The terminals were then faced off flush with the rotor side. After pressing in the terminals, wires were soldered onto the terminals. No problems with the soldering heat affecting the G11 disc or the press fits as expected (G11 is a high temp material)
Then, everything was assembled. Now onto the rotor...
Fellow Panther Pup builders will see from the pics that I've changed the distributor design to eliminate the spring and thumbscrew Bill Reichert used in his design in favor of a cover retained with counterbored screws. This cleans up the appearance, allows the coil wire to exit out the bottom, and allowed the brass disc.
Cheers!
John
In any event, I started the distributor cover, wire guides and rotor housing along with a decorative brass disc. I then colored the G10 parts black by boiling them in black RIT fabric dye with a 1/2 cup of vinegar mixed into the water. After that, an application of shellac applied French poilsh style to deepen the color and to prevent black fingers from handling.
The brass disc and the wire guides were CA glued into the cover and the wire outlets drilled through.
I then started on the distrbutor contact plate. 5 brass terminals pressed into a uncolored G11 contact plate. The terminals were then faced off flush with the rotor side. After pressing in the terminals, wires were soldered onto the terminals. No problems with the soldering heat affecting the G11 disc or the press fits as expected (G11 is a high temp material)
Then, everything was assembled. Now onto the rotor...
Fellow Panther Pup builders will see from the pics that I've changed the distributor design to eliminate the spring and thumbscrew Bill Reichert used in his design in favor of a cover retained with counterbored screws. This cleans up the appearance, allows the coil wire to exit out the bottom, and allowed the brass disc.
Cheers!
John
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