This is a generator that I have built from
castings to fit behind the two or three cylinder Fairbanks Morse. A
very good friend of mine, Karl Smith, made the patterns for me and he
made them from looking at a drawing in a book. Our club has a small
foundry in one of the club members shop that we use to find out
where all of the mistakes are in the patterns. Now I have put the
patterns on a pattern board to take to the foundry so I can make
several casting kits. The generator uses a Honda motorcycle stator
and rotor. It puts out seven volts and 1/2 amp at 650 Rpm's. The
brushes are just for show. You will notice in the picture that the
generator is driven with three magnets on each flange. With this
drive system the generator doesn't need to be lined up perfect to the
engine. I am going to add another six magnets so I can separate the
two by .050 as the picture shows. This generator can be direct driven
or belt driven.
