New Way Stationary Engines

Aim - To serve and support the New Way Stationary Engine restoration community.
There was a New Way Stationary Motor inclined to Hit and Miss. It was designed that way but intermittently it would missfire and this in the confines of the beekeepers shed fired my imagination, grabbing my senses. I just loved the sound of the New Way 3.5Hp working - likely fuelled by a too rich mixture.
With each missfire came the tell tale puff of blue smoke and via the old sawbench, the beekeeping manufacturing business was underway, alive and well. Alf was in his element. Romance, nah, hard work but Hoots the New Way went a long way in firing the imagination of times past running in the present. The present, after all, that's where life is, it's not in the past, but romancing the past, that's the present if you're living it.
The priveledge of life. Present and past is now!!! - alive.

Ye Olde Sawbench & New Way Motor kept company by Howard Rotary Hoes

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

New Way Engine Horizontal Twin Instructions

TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS
We have decided to assemble a New Way Twin Instruction based on the format of previous new way instruction booklets and make it available for free download from the New Way Library site.

WHY - Many owners of New Way Horizontal Twins have engines but no instruction specific to their engine format. Do we think the originals are extinct, NOT at all, but they may be a threatened species and they certainly aren't available to us at this time.

A Dynosaur Project - Definitely not - The principles that the New Way Motor Company introduced and developed are amply evident in the air cooled engines of today. In producing these documents we will endeavor to bridge time to ensure there is clear understanding of the pioneering and engineering developments that were at the core of New Way Motor Company's engines.

WHEN - We already have a lot of information that is very applicable to hand we just don't have the original documents. Assembly is very time consuming and we envisage producing one for the early 6-7 and 7 Hp models and another for the 8 & 12Hp models in both Hitt - Miss and Throttle governed engines. There is referencing to consider and sort through so it will not be a quick process.

WHAT - Do you have any material on the Horizontal Twins that you can help us with we would be very appreciative. What sort of things?

  • Documents
  • Descriptive information
  • Partial Twin Instruction manuals how ever small a part. 
Just email it to us so we can sort and assemble into a very informative well rounded instruction manual.
geo.covey@gmail.com  We would love to hear from you.

ORIGINAL - In the beginning there was the "NEW WAY TWIN WORD" and it was available to all who would cherish and purchase a New Way Twin Engine. Then came the passage of time and those who had, lost, and even others sold, still others had, but did not make known. We remain in the passage, yet the passage may still be long and tedious. One day an original will appear and the owners will rejoice that the original has finally been revealed to all owners. In the mean time we will be patient till the original is revealed and work with what we know.

It's close to Christmas
Remember the reason for the season
George

Thursday, November 1, 2012

New Way Engine Registry and Library

NOVEMBER 1st NEWS - October has been a busy month with good growth in the Registry and the library. Much of the library growth can be contributed to the generosity of the Smithsonian Trade Libraries and also to an apparent non new way enthusiast to whom we are deeply grateful. (Poster)
REGISTRY - About 10 New Way engines have been registered from accross a range of models. Arizona USA  joined the registry with three motors and the total now stands at 214 registered World Wide.
LIBRARY - Several documents have been added recently. I will try to give some pertinent notes on these. Many interesting documents to help with New Way Engine Restoration.
  • C-120 A 16 page mailer catalog compliments of Smithsonian Libraries.
      • 8-12 Hp Twins with the circular finning to the top (no radial fins)
      • Jewel (1.5 / 2.5 Hp) - larger Hp Jewels were produced later
        • Claimed as a heavy duty engine
      • Standard Verticals including the fairly recently introduced 6Hp model
      • Ordering and shipping tables
  • ART NOUVEAU POSTER  A single page poster in art nouveau style depicting sawing in the Yucon and Sheep Shearing in Australian summer heat. Watermarked to protect the owners original works. That said this is a beautiful piece.
  • 1909 - 1913 INTERNATIONAL TESTIMONIAL - This folds into an 8 sided document and by testimony enthuses about the New Way Motor Company line in general ( Compliments of Smithsonian Libraries)
  • EC4-100  WHY BUY THE NEW WAY - Short promotional illustrating the Horizontal Twin ( Compliments of Smithsonian Libraries)
  • O38 11 JEWELS 1.5 and 2.5 Hp Superiority promotion or the 2 jewels available. ( Compliments of Smithsonian Libraries)
The New Way Station library includes a range of the following:
      • New Way Engine Manuals
      • New Way Engine Instructions
      • New Way Catalogs 
      • New Way Brochures 
      • New Way Fliers
      • New Way Mailers
OUR PITCH for TREASURE
Please remember we are still chasing New Way Horizontal Twin Instructions in 6, 6-7, 8, 12 Hp. Some instructions covered a range of these models in Hit Miss and Throttle Governed. Please keep an eye and ear out as we would love to make them available for Free Download.
The other key one in need is the Big "Standard Horizontal 6.5 Hp" Instructions
Just Scan and email to geo.covey@gmail.com

Check out this new stuff in the library
Enjoy
http://newwaystation.blogspot.com.au/p/new-way-engine-library-free-downloads.html
George

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

New Way Library and Reference Resource

Library News
We have recently loaded 4 New Way Documents supplied courtesy of the Smithsonian. Some of these are quite rare and have presented in excellent condition. Like all documents in the library they are all available for Free download for non commercial use. There has also been another engine instruction added which is great news.

The Smithsonian Libraries are a great source for Trade Literature including Engine Instructions, Manufacturer Catalogs, Equipment Brochures and Machinery Brochures. We are indebted to them for supurb literature items.

With the library growing with support we have also reformatted the library listings to make it easier for you to find documents. We presently have 33 documents available including :
  • 11 Catalogs 
    • Including D18A, D18B, D20, D11, D14, D16
  • 10 Engine Instructions
    • Included recent Vertical Twins and BF /BH Single Instructions
    • Also Type "D"/"C" Verticals, 5 Engines, Jewels
  • 6 Brochures
Here is the reformatted Library Page.
Click in TITLE for File Downloading and in NOTES to Preview

Here is the BF BH Cover of the 16 Page Instruction.

We are expecting more documents soon from The Smithsonian Trade Libraries and will list them once prepared. At this point we are seeking the following instructions so they can be listed for Free Downloading:
  • New Way Horizontal Twin
    • Any or all Models 6-7, 8 and 12Hp
  • New Way Horizontal Standard - 6Hp
  • Any New Way Document not listed in the library.
If you can help us or you know someone who has one of these instructions that you can give a gentle nudge, then please do. We and others with these engines, I am sure would really appreciate being able to have a watermarked copy of an original instruction.

What's needed.
There is no need to part with your valuable original.
Just do a good quality scan each page and Email to us here at New Way Station on geo.covey@gmail.com
You can do it one page at a time if you like.

We then clean it up and watermark it then put it up for free download.

Remember the Smithsonian with a donation:   http://www.si.edu/


Here's hoping and praying
Enjoy the Library's instructions and catalogs
George




Thursday, September 20, 2012

New Way Engine Library

LIBRARY DOCUMENTS
The Smithsonian Libraries have courtesly provided many documents from The New Way Motor Company  from their TRADE LIBRARY resources and allowed us to make them available to you for non commercial use.

AVAILABLE [Smithsonian]
Great documents from the New Way Motor Company covering a wide range of years. New Way Motor Company targeted their market well with their advertising and brochures.

LIBRARY (4 New Releases) - free download !!!
  • D20 CATALOG - Covers the New Way Multipurpose Engine and is sectionally written in Spanish, French and English. A beautiful document of 32 pages. Text is original size, you may need to print to fit to make the most of this excellent piece of literature. 
  • 365 Day Kerosene Engine (Series M) Flier - A short flier promoting the kerosene Series M engine for its advantages and year round viability when compared to a dedicated gasoline motor.
  • New Way Saw Rig -  A 2 page flier promoting the New Way Twin Engine Saw Rig. Optional engine fitments are openly stated allowing the farmer/commercial enterprise to taylor their order to their specific requirements. 
  • D18A CATALOG - Titled "Sunlight of Success" this is an excellent catalog that highlights the impact of the years of  the Ist World War (WW1) on the American social landscape. The 12 page catalog deals dominantly with the Series "M" engines.
Enjoy and Enthuse.

These documents give a lot of understanding and background to the "New Way Motor Company" as they negotiated the challenges and changes that were driving forces in the economy of the day. Their's was a time of social upheaval from WW1 along with probable unprecedented mechanical advancement. The diversification of uses, of the Internal Combustion engine was at a crossroads as men pitted their minds to solve confronting problems. For some the simple P.T.O. (Power Take Off) would be a revolution that spelt challenge or disaster. New Way Motor Company was NOT immune to these forces of enterprise.

ACCESS
Visit the Library Page to access these documents.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - Trade Catalogs

STATIONARY ENGINE ENTHUSIASTS
Whatever your focus please be aware that the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION has a lot to offer when it comes to cataloges, manuals or advertising fliers for many of the Early 1900's American Engine and Machinery Manufacturers.
Certainly The SMITHSONIAN carries a Trade Catalogue Collection that is worthy of investigation if you are researching a particular manufacturer. Their web site provides ready access and enables you to identify items of particular interest. http://www.si.edu/

NEW WAY ENTHUSIASTS - Courtesy of the Smithsonian we will soon be bringing you further New Way Motor Company documents. We are currently working on these to improve them for presentation purposes. These documents are quite old and some are showing their age. Obviously they will be watermarked with source information [ Smithsonian etc] but just as important they will provide you with a valuable resource as restorer or historian to become better aquainted with the manufacturer of these excellent early 1900s engines.
WHAT'S COMING
Manuals, Catalogs, Fliers, and other New Way Motor Company literature are all in the pipeline and all courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. eg New Way Vertical Twin (EH)
APPRECIATION
Smithsonian Institution appreciates your support. Documents they are providing are only available because of the foresight and planning of others. To show your appreciation we invite you to go to their site and make a donation. 
http://www.si.edu/

Enjoy the NEW WAY experience
George

Thursday, August 30, 2012

New Way Buzz Coil Ignition


WE HAVE IGNITION
You might have guessed this is in part Tribute to Neil Armstrong and his band of Space Travellers.
Buzz Coils (Buzz Aldrin was there Too!!) 

New Way Motor Company prided themselves like our space travellers in having the best when it came to reliability in the ignition department.
  • Ist choice High Tension Magneto Ignition.
    • Bosch - Various models
    • National
    • Later Models - Eisemann flywheel Magneto
  • 2nd choice Low Tension Magneto Ignition combined with 4 New Way Dry cells with a buzz coil
    • New Way L.T. Magneto (essentially a rebadged Wizard L.T. Magneto
    • Magnetos were friction driven off the Large Flywheel
    • L.T. Magnetos had a weighted, sprung governor to prevent over revving of the magneto. 
      • Over-revving would increase the voltage and effect the buzz coil operation/adjustment since there is no other means of voltage regulation.
    • The engine could be started on cells and buzz coil then switched over to L.T. Magneto and Buzz Coil
  • 3rd choice stand alone 4 New Way Dry cells with a buzz coil
    • Cheapest original purchase option but the dearest to run because of cell replacement.
    • Very prone to failure in frosty cold conditions. 
Quality being a foremost consideration at least 2 models of Buzz coil were produced
  • Buzz Coil Model "L"
    • Tuned or adjusted for Dry Cell Working
  • Buzz Coil Model "LM"
    • Tuned or adjusted for L.T. Magneto {Dynamo} Working
The Dynamo will produce in the order of 6 volts D.C. ripple unlike the four dry cells that produce 6 Volts D.C.
  • I do not know the difference in electrical characteristics of the buzz coils
  • The boxes look the same in virtually every aspect including size.
  • Different Magnetic Flux characteristics probably drove the need to produce two units to achieve "Best performance" 
  • The brass Tag readily tells them apart 
Buzz and Neil - Keeping Dreams Alive 
"Live" your Life

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

New Way Motor Company D16 Catalog

New Way Station Library
We have just added the New Way D16 Catalog to the library for free download off the host site. To see the Documentation available go to the Library page [CLICK] and select the document you wish to download. This will take you to the host site for your document.
This catalog is compliments of generous enthusiasts in Scotland and Kansas. Our thanks to them for sharing this literature with other enthusiasts. The 42 page Catalog has cleaned up excellently with good photo covers. It can be left as is for an A4 page or trimmed to suit using the front and rear covers as a guide for any bordering depending on how you wish to put it together.

Please note we are still trying to procure some original document scans of New Way Horizontal Twin Instructions. If you can help - Just do good quality scans of each page and email them to geo.covey@gmail.com
Dirty pages etc don't matter just clarity, we clean it up and watermark it for free download.

LIBRARY UPDATE 4th July 2012

New Way Motor Company D-14 Catalog added to the Free Download library at the host site. Check it out from the Library page . It is a color catalog with some excellent color plates of various New Way Engines.

Keep the New way documents coming.
Looking Good
George

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

New Way Engine Series "F" Instructions

New Way Horizontal Twin Instructions [HELP!]

We are still appealing for New Way Horizontal Twin Instructions and be able to provide them for free download too. Have you got, or do you know someone with Original Instructions for any of the horizontal twins, please try to help us out. Please Note - You don't need to part with your valuable instructions. All you need to do is take a good quality scan (preferable) or very clear focused photo of each page and email the files to us (one page at a time if you like). We will do the rest including clean-up and watermarking. Please don't worry if it is ripped and dirty or has bits missing.

Just use our standard registry email address geo.covey@gmail.com  to send the info.

New Way SERIES "F" Instructions - Free Download Available - . This is a 20 page book giving plenty of information including detailed Ignition Timing procedures. Once again this instruction manual is compliments of a generous New Way Enthusiast from Scotland. He did quality scans of his original manual which he sent and we worked over cleaning up for presentation etc. It is now a high quality document available with watermark and free for other enthusiasts to download.
Go to Library Page [Click] to provide access to download these instructions

 Thanks again for all the enthusiastic support. Without it our service would be far from what it is today. We look forward to continually expanding our services to New Way Engine Enthusiasts as information and knowledge comes to hand.

Got an engine to register please email the details and photo/s. 199 registered to date.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

New Way Catalog D16 - COMING SOON

PREVIEW THE D16 COVER
An excellent quality New Way Catalog is being made available as a consequence of  enthusiasts in both Kansas and Scotland. We are combining pages to give enthusiasts a great quality New Way D16 catalog which will be available for free download from the library in the near future.
  • Generosity is priceless
  • Benefits for Enthusiasts
  • Rare Documentation
Just click on the cover to enlarge the cover page

CALL TO ARMS
Do you have an original New Way Twin Horizontal Instruction that you could scan each page in high definition. We would clean it up and assemble it and make it available as a booklet to New Way Enthusiasts for free download from the library as a World Wide Service.

We know these are rare - can you help? Scan and email files to geo.covey@gmail.com so we can make it available for free to benefit other owners.  

Monday, April 2, 2012

New Way Engine Configuration to Cancer Council Rally

New Way Motor produced at various stages of their production runs, 4 basic Engine configurations covering a horse power range from 1 to 12Hp.
These were:-
  1. Single Cylinder Vertical
  2. Twin Cylinder Horizontal
  3. Single Cylinder Horizontal
  4. Twin Cylinder Vertical
REGISTRY CHART
An Engine Configuration chart has been added to the Registry page to highlight the number of motors registered in each of these four major configurations. Twin verticals are well in the minority. Here is a current example of the chart.


Off to the end of the EARTH - I've joined the Cancer Council "Shitbox" Rally covering 4 states of Australia - desert runners. Australia - that country where a ranch [Cattle Station] can be bigger than the US state of Texas. For those of you who may be culturally challenged by the descriptive name of the rally, simply put, the cars in the rally must be old ($1000) vehicles but roadworthy. (old cars with walking sticks - the garbage end of the sales yard) Contractually if you turn up in a car obviously worth more than $1000 you are given a dollar for it and disqualified. (no fancy competitor cars in this one) We spend much of our time on dirt roads much of which has been flooded recently and we even have about 12 meter desert dunes to negotiate. [Bogs and Sand] To see more about it have a look at the official rally website that also has a link if you want to donate to the fight cancer cause (not the rally itself).

Myself - Driving the Ambulance. No $1000 wreck for me. Should be a great rally of 1000s of miles, much in the desert or the outback - bush/scrub/forest/rain forest. I'd say breakdowns all the way - driving Australia's wild front ear. Davey Crocket would have been proud of the Land Down Under. He'd probably even recognise the rig - FORD F250.  As you can see there are radio aerials all over the rig - all for the outback run - even the RFDS are on the waves. (Royal Flying Doctor Service). These are the fly in fly out doctors of Outback Australia where a doctor is probably rarer than a flea on a tick's back.

There are 200 cars and about 7 support vehicles of various types including the one I am driving.
Have a look at the site and see something of the Aussie Down Under - where roads would be rivers and rivers can be well over 20 - miles wide for mile upon mile.
The rally will be blogged so you can follow the experience. It starts on the Aussie morning of 13 April. Hope you can follow - it should be a great experience photos/videos?


Enjoy
Geo from a scrub DOWN UNDER
For the registry :- http://newwaystation.blogspot.com.au/p/registry-new-way-engine-owners.html

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

NEW WAY ACCESSORIES

NEW WAY MOTOR COMPANY took care of their buyers as they took care of advertising. We have just added a supurb example of a New Way Ammeter and a NEW WAY POCKET MIRROR as part of their Advertising Campaign. Examples of both can be seen on the NEW WAY- Info Photo Gallery [CLICK] page.

We are currently chasing Horizontal Twin Instructions - can you help? Contact- geo.covey@gmail.com

We want to make it available for free download to other enthusiasts. You can view other items in our library.

180 New Way Engines Registered - Have you Registered all yours yet ??

Enjoy your visit to New Way Stations and Registry - Cheers Geo

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

New Way Brass ID Plates, Tags

Reproduction Spares.

For all New Wayers that have the original tag missing from their engine. A very reasonably priced reproduction.

Etched Brass ID Tags for New Way Engines have just been added to our Reproduction Parts page. These tags can be made for any engine. All that is required is a clear, focused, high definition photo of a plate you want reproduced along with the dimension of the plate. For further details contact the specialist at www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm

All the best to all for the New Year 2012