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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Technical Tips, Builds, and Help => Topic started by: RichSteamTx on May 15, 2026, 07:46:15 am
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Well done Paula ..... well done indeed!!!
You're one lucky boy there Richard! ;c)
I am indeed very lucky, @Paula is not only a wonderfully skilled machinist but also a wonderful person! I am very fortunate to have her as a friend and she doesn't seem to mind when I reach out to her on my strange requests for help! I'd like to think she has a little fun too bringing a little item like this back to life.
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Well done Paula ..... well done indeed!!!
You're one lucky boy there Richard! ;c)
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I sent off my Weeden No.103 @Paula, she kindly made all the missing hardware for the motor! I also sent her my Weeden No.1 to use its parts as a template to recreate the missing bits for the No.103.
- Brass standoffs for brushes, though using screws to keep them in place on the insulator bracket.
- 009" Phosphor Bronze brushes
- New power terminals, thumbscrews and switch lever - all nickeled plated
- Coiled wire from terminal to standoff.
- Motor correctly wired in a straight series loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86d5xBusRnk
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Yesterday I received my Lot of Weeden Electric engines. None of them ran out of the box, most of them just needed properly cleaning and alignment. Two needed wiring patches but the No.103 is going to be a challenge. I have it running with a proof of concept for standoffs, brush positions, and wiring. The trick is getting standoffs and then making the brushes (phosphor bronze sheet).
If I was a machinist making two brass standoffs with slits & set screw to secure the brushes would likely be child's play - yet another time I wished I was a machinist LOL That all said, the Weeden No.103 runs again, granted a bit in a dodgy way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psUsTqLwFw
Pretty sure the No.103's brush assembly is the same as my Weeden No.1
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