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Buccaneer

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Jim, I have the spring steel contact made and think it will work.
Next I’m going to attempt to make a detent for keeping the timer
in set positions.
I was wondering what battery you recommend for my buzz coil.
I used to use an old 6v tractor battery for my hit and miss,
but it’s finally deader than a door nail. I know some people
run them off 12 v batteries, but I’d rather not.
Would one of those 7.2 v batteries mentioned for the Merc-o-tronic
testers work okay?
Thanks.

quote JimParrott:

Buccaneer,

That should work fine and is easy to do. The single set of modern points in the Lockwood timer came from Honda but not sure what engine. The ones in the homemade timer were ground down to fit in the timer. Package steel strapping is decent spring steel if you have some laying around.

I like the magneto look you are going for, I’m sure it will turn out fine and will likely run better than a magneto.

Jim

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