Was harvesting scrap from some bits and pieces that I picked up from the dump (Al to melt basically), and came up with an idea for a through shaft weedwhacker.
Butchered the rod (assembled crank, and couldn't guarantee getting that right), grease packed the bearings, then can mount the rope pull end in the chuck of the drill press.
Spin her up, and the magneto fires the spark gap.
Not sure that I want a spark plug tester, but was a diversion on a miserable day, and now I've got an HV pulsed source to do SOMETHING with another day.
Pics/vids wouldn't do the ugliness justice.
Butchered the rod (assembled crank, and couldn't guarantee getting that right), grease packed the bearings, then can mount the rope pull end in the chuck of the drill press.
Spin her up, and the magneto fires the spark gap.
Not sure that I want a spark plug tester, but was a diversion on a miserable day, and now I've got an HV pulsed source to do SOMETHING with another day.
Pics/vids wouldn't do the ugliness justice.