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

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

NEW WAY ENGINE COOLING inc. SHROUD [COWL] PLANS

New Way Motor Company being pioneers in the commercial production air cooled engines were faced with a dilemma of how to limit the metal required to ensure sufficient heat radiation away from the engines cylinders.

COOLING DESIGN:
  1. Cylinder design incorporated externally a complex casting with an intricate web of holes and fins surrounding the cylinder bore to readily radiate the heat away from the explosion.
    1. Design principle along the cylinder walls remained consistent across all models and types involving quite wide ribs cast at regular intervals. In addition these ribs were cast with holes to facilitate air movement for cooling.
      1. Smaller models - the ribs only extended to cover the part of the cylinder exposed to combustion   
      2. Larger Models - some of these had the ribs extending virtually the full length of the cylinder. Obviously to allow greater heat dissipation.
      3. Apparently the casting process [SAND CASTING] used a one off sand type molding method individual to just one casting mated together as halves to form one complete cylinder. Evidence of the halved process can often be seen by inspection of an engine's cylinder fin casting, where the fin alignment of each half is slightly offset without detriment to the pour and machining of the cylinder bore.
        1. Refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_casting
    2. New Way used a headless design for all of their engines up till the late 1920s. This meant that there was no barrier (gasket) for heat dissipation ensuring heat was readily extracted away from the engine both via the cylinder wall and the cylinder top.
      1. Fin Design for the literal top of the cylinders changed with the models and whether used in horizontal or vertical orientation. Examples include:
        1. Radial Finned 
        2. Cross Flow fins
        3. No specific change of fins as in the case of some larger engine models where the cylinder wall fins continued all the way to the top of the cylinder.
          1. Applied to vertical 6 Hp Model D and some horizontal twin engines. 
  2. FORCED AIR FAN - A forced air system to allow air to flow past the radiating cylinder wall and cylinder top to provide sufficient cooling for all weathers and temperature conditions.
    1. Early Engine Models in both Horizontal and Vertical formats utilized a belt driven fan powered off a flywheel. 
      1. Fan was shaft mounted, screwed into the cylinder wall cooling casting.
      2. Lubrication was via a splash fed oil line from the crank case using a ball valve setup for fairly reliable supply.
        1. Owner was expected to check its supply operation to ensure reliability by a cap at the end of the oil line.
        2. Brass bush provided the bearing surface between shaft and fan housing.
      3. Very early fans were driven with a round belt from a grooved flywheel and grooved fan pully
      4. Later Fans of this style were driven by flat belt in a similar fashion from a flat faced flywheel.
      5. A Shroud [Cowl] only encompassed the cooling casting and so was compact and confined to the cooling task.
    2. Later Engine Models in the vertical format utilized a turbine fan structure (Squirrel Cage) mounted within the flywheel. A bulkier set up as it involving ducting the air from the flywheel up and over the cast cylinder cooling fin array.
      1. Provided a much simpler operating process with no oil lines, valves or belts.
        1. Less prone to breakdown.
        2. Minimal maintenance
          1. Required monitoring because the fan was very low and could become blocked with rubbish. Eg on binder engines prone to being partially choked with stalks etc.
SHROUD [COWL] PLANS

Available from the NEW WAY LIBRARY. These plans are supplied for user aware that they are supplied as an aid and a close match for some of the models specified. It is suggested that a thin cardboard template be made first to ensure that the plans suit your particular engine. Changes occurred within models, so beware.

You may find that some measurements need to be altered dependent on the thickness of material used to construct your shroud and how sharp you can make your bends. Sharp bends of course will make for greater accuracy in overall length especially where 2 x 90 degree bends are involved.

If you have an accurate shroud plan that is not listed that you want to share please email us a copy to geo.covey@gmail.com

Plans available in library or for download here:

All the Best
George



Friday, May 26, 2017

PATENTS associated with or by NEW WAY MOTOR COMPANY

The New Way Motor Company was by it's very nature, as pioneer in the commercial production of air cooled engines also responsible for having a multitude of patents issued both in USA and Canada.

WHY PATENT:
Behind the production of a quality product there is obviously going to be a myriad of aspects and avenues of production that need to be researched. This is especially highlighted when you keep in mind that the company made high minded claims of "Goes and Goes Right". Their target was without a doubt a quality product that would be accepted and utilized across the world.

RESEARCH :
Pioneering for success called for exhaustive research, mechanical genius and application of understanding of principles of heating and cooling as applicable to internal combustion engines. The early days of the 1900s would have been heady days for the small motor company based in a 100 Ft shed before it burst on the scene and expanded to the massive factory complex that represented the company by 1910. Generations later allied patents still refer back to the patents issued to the New Way Motor Company for reference and principles.

PROTECTION:
Patents provided some form of protection for the fledgling, innovation rich as it introduced it's Air Cooled Engines for commerce, farming, drilling, industry and the like to the world. If you are going to invest and send engines out by the train wagon load you don't want some other enterprise stealing and implementing the very ideas that set you apart.

PATENTED:


  1. Vehicle-Spring - "C.H. Way" - US768162A - VEHICLE SPRING with improvements in vehicle springing, C.H. Way was Assignor to Clarkmobile Company the predecessor to the New Way Motor Company.
    1. New Way continued vehicle production for a short period before concentrating on air cooled engines.
  2. Valve Gear for Explosive Engines - "C.H. Way" - US776708A - VALVE GEAR with specifics on cylinder and piston etc design. (C.H. Way was Assignor to Clarkmobile Company) later rights to New Way Motor Company.
    1. NOTE:- This is very early design with valves on opposits sides of the cylinder. Likely conforms to Type A or Type B prototype design prior to the Type C design with both valves displaced vertically that was used in New Way Motor Company's first commercial production engines in the standard "S" Series engines.
    2. Filed December 28 1903 - Patented December 6 1904
    3. Inventor - Charles H Way
    4. Assignor - Clarkemobile Company
  3. Engine - "C.H. Way" - US870001A - ENGINE design featuring the engine hinge to allow removal of piston and rod without disassembly.
    1. Filed September 19 1904 - Patented November 5 1907
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - Clarkemobile Company
  4.  Air Cooled Engine** - "C.H. Way Engine" - US 877023 - ENGINE PATENT with specifics re lubrication and design principles.
    1. Filed March 30 1905 - Patented January 21 1908
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  5. Governor For Explosion Engines ** - US877024 - GOVERNOR PATENT [specific to a flywheen mounted governor weighted with spring tension adjustment to alter engine RPM by interacting with the exhaust valve lifter. A Hit Miss governor designed for economy of fuel and economy of battery electricity on very early engines before HT magnetos were fitted. Detailed operational description on the interaction of various parts in the design is given.] 
    1. Filed May 22 1905 - Patented January 21 1908
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  6. Carbureter for Explosion-Engines** -US 878824 - CARBURETER PATENT - [very early engines straight pipe style of carbureter/mixer. The carburetor is little more than a pipe with a centered and metered venturi setup. Fuel feeds from tank via an incorporated basic ball valve and simple brass jetting idea. This meters fuel into the basic but functional venturi bar course drilled to allow fuel atomization in accordance with air velocity determined by governor setting / RPM.]  
    1. Filed September 12 1907 - Patented Febuary 11 1908
    2. Inventor - William H. Newbrough
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  7. Sparker Mechanism For Engines** -US 918286 - SPARKER PATENT [contactor design for timing of spark using buzz coil / dry cell setup.]
    1. Filed April 20 1908 - Patented April 13 1909
    2. Inventor H.M. Cramer.
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  8. Explosion Engine - US 924640 - ENGINE PATENT [ Lubrication upgrade to original engine of by C.H. Way]
    1. Filed 20 April 1908 - Patented June 15 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  9. Heat Radiating Device  - US945881 - HEAT RADIATING PATENT [ principles of cooling of cylinder by means of fins and holes cast on and around the engine cylinder wall. In particular this is applicable to the cylinders with radiating top fins as used on the very early New Way engines.]
    1. Filed October 8 1904 - Patented January 11 1910
    2. Inventor - Charles H. Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  10. Valve - US 1044623 - PRESSURE VALVE PATENT [ designed for the likes of high pressure spraying Machines]
    1. Filed November 18 1911 - Patented November 19 1912
    2. Inventor - Curtis L. Bailey
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  11. Governor for Explosion Engines -US924639 - TWIN CYLINDER GOVERNOR PATENT [ giving the description and operation of a Hit Miss governor operation for a twin cylinder combustion engine. The governor was used for their early 6-7Hp twin cylinder engine]
    1. Filed April 12 1907 - Patented June 15 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  12. Lubricator for Explosion Engines - US1037239 - TWIN CYLINDER LUBRICATOR PATENT  [designed especially to overcome over lubrication of the second cylinder in a twin setup by limiting oil splash access to the cylinder and piston area.] 
    1. Filed December 6 1911 - Patented September 3 1912
    2. Inventor - Earl W. Goodnow
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  13. Motor Pump - US 913701 - MOTORISED PUMP PATENT [combined compact engine and pump setup]
    1. Filed June 28 1907 - Patented March 2 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  14. Multiple Cylinder Pump - US 1037297 - MULTIPLE CYLINDER PUMP PATENT [high pressure pump design for orchard equipment etc.]
    1. Filed January 29 1912 - Patented September 3 1912
    2. Inventor - William H. Newbrough
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  15. Sprayer - US 918512 - SPRAYER PATENT [ utilising a compact outfit designed comprising engine, pump and spray tank]
    1. Filed March 24 1908 - Patented April 20 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  16. Engine Mounting - US 1188242 - FARMING ENGINE MOUNT PATENT [Harvester, grain binder and potato digger engine mount]
    1. Filed November 6 1915 - Patented June 20 1916
    2. Inventor - Robert H. Branfield
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company 
  17. Cooling Shroud (squirrel cage) - US1247819 - COOLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [ describes the functional operation of the cooling arangement using the turbine fan mounted on the actual flywheel in a squirrell cage arrangement. Air was ducted up and over the air cooling fins on the cylinder. This style of arrangement was used engines from the late teens, for example CH model engines.] 
    1. Filed January 29 1917 - patented November 27 1917
    2. Inventor - Earl W. Goodnow
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  18. Turbine Fan - US1687541 - TURBINE FAN STRUCTURE [provides great detail just of the turbine fan structure used on New Way later model engines.]
    1. Filed October 22 1925 - Patented October 22 1928
    2. Inventor - William F. Carmichael
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  19. Carbureter - US 1287380 - CHARGE FORMING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES  [provides operational principles and description of carburetet designed specifically for kerosene and heavy fuels]
    1. Filed April 17 1917 - Patented December 10 1918
    2. Inventor - Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  20. Crank Shaft Lubrication - US1556970 - LUBRICATOR MEANS FOR CRANK SHAFTS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [utilising drillings, passages, splash and the like to ensure good bearing lube to overcome the shortcomings of a simple splash setup.]
    1. Filed May 20 1922 - Patented October 13 1925
    2. Inventor - Harry J. Sproat
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  21. Carbureter - US 1303703 - CHARGE FORMING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [Improved version of kerosene carbureter, light fuel start with kerosene running]
    1. Filed January 12 1918 - Patented May 13 1919
    2. Inventor - Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  22. Adjustment Device - US 1268698A - ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR HARVESTING-MACHINES AND THE LIKE - [ Improved design facilitating easy machine adjustment for operation height and auxiliary engine's equipment weight.]
    1. Filed June 5 1916 - Patented June 4 1918
    2. Inventor - William Drummond
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  23. Clutch - US 1192793 - CLUTCH - [Clutches design for harvester mounted engines and the like.]
    1. Filed Feburary 8 1916 - Patented July 25 1916
    2. Inventor Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  24. Centrifugal Governor - US 1567101 - CENTRIFUGAL GOVERNOR FOR GASOLINE ENGINES [allowing in service adjustment of engine revs while engine is running.]
    1. Filed May 20 1922 - Patented December 29 1925
    2. Inventor - Curtis L. Bailey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
The New Way Motor Company also had interests in Canada including a manufacturing plant at Welland, Ontario. Several patents were assigned to the New Way Motor Company as follows. Specifics of the inventions patented in Canada though are not available here via link. 
  1. Cooler for Gas Engines - CA 188277  - Inventor Earl W Goodnow - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-01-14
  2. Engine Mounting - CA189877A - Inventor Robert H Branfield - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-04-22
  3. Carbureter - CA112555A - Inventor William H Newbrough - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-01-14
  4. Sprayer - CA113546A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-08-18
  5. Explosion Engine - CA112682A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-06-30
  6. Governor For Explosion Engines - CA112897A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  7. Valve - CA149119A - Inventor Curtis L Bailey -  The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-07-08
  8. Lubricator For Explosion Engines - CA149737A - Inventor Earl W Goodnow - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-07-22
  9. Multiple Cylinder Pump - CA148693A - Inventor William H Newbrough - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-06-17
  10. Sparker For Explosive Engines CA112898A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  11. Explosion Machine - CA112899A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  12. Motor Pump - CA113305A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-08-04
George


Saturday, April 22, 2017

New Way Motor Company - Early Engine Colors

NEW WAY LIVERY - Yes it's uniform.

New Way Motor Company had 2 flagship colors for the main engine body and flywheels and shroud of it's early models of engine. These were a deep red and green. In addition the intricate Cylinder castings were painted silver and company promotional lettering such as around the perimeter of the flywheel/s was painted in a deep yellow to gold color.

DECORATIVE ARTWORK
Engines were shipped well decorated with the likes of flowers on the crankcase. This applied to both the vertical and Horizontal engines. Flowers were generally depicted with leaves and white petals set on greenish stems. On vertical engines this display could be seen on the lower crankcase as well as forming a decorative border around the brass ID plate on the upper half of the crankcase.

I expect the decorative flowers touch was an effort to appeal to the farmer's wife should she be using the engine to drive a washing machine or the like in the home.

MAIN ENGINE COLORS

  • GREEN - Original, Dupont/ Dulux Olive Green 93-29609H
    • Color matched in Australia Using Dulux Metalshield QD (Quick Dry) Enamel Clear base with their Industrial Tinters the following 1 Litre formulae is a good match.
      • LB - 14.75
      • MY - 118
      • PG - 18.25
      • TW - 16.5
      • YO - 5.5
      • BU - 2.5
  • RED - Original, Dupont / Dulux  Burgundy Red 93-30420H 
    • Color matched in Australia Using Dulux Metalshield QD (Quick Dry) Enamel Clear Base with their Industrial Tinters the following 1 Litre formulae is a good match.
      • QR - 74
      • QV - 13
      • RO - 19
      • TW - 3.5
NOTE: The same colors should also be able to be achieved with Dulux Metalshield Premium enamel also using the Clear base combined with the Industrial Tinters.

Both the QD and the Premium have very good color retention in sunlight etc.

Color My World
George

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

NEW WAY powered CENTAUR TRACTOR

PROJECT CENTAUR (power plant NEW WAY)
The following restoration story and most working details were supplied by John of Tennessee to highlight and pay tribute to the New Way powered Centaur Tractor. Many thanks to him for his time and effort in providing much of the finer important detail.

MACHINE RESTORATION:
It is likely almost universal that successful restoration of a broken down machine of any sort will be a labour of love with a good feed of enthusiasm and perseverance injected at regular intervals to ensure it doesn't die on the floor. This proved to be the case yet again in the restoration of the New Way Powered CENTAUR MODEL "A" Tractor of c1921 vintage, Engine Serial Number 11880.

COMPANY HISTORY SKETCHES:
Early Centaur tractor history is very sketchy with at least some of the early models (A - F) utilizing the New Way "CH" engine. The most significant power train departure came with the fitting of the LeRoy 10Hp. 2 cylinder engine in the Model G in 1926. New Way Motor Company initially produced their CH as a 5 Hp  Engine. Later engines of this same model (CH) were rated as 6 Hp engines.

CENTAUR "MACHINE STATURE":

The Centaur Model 'A' is powered by a New Way 5Hp air cooled engine. New Way Motor Company fitted Bosch high tension magneto ignition to their throttle governed engines. In many ways the Centaur could be described as an "Iron Horse" as it's function was just that, to replace the horse with a machine. Drive was achieved by chain drive through the large cleated/spiked front steel wheels that ensured good traction in the paddock.

Versions:
  • Walk behind
  • Sulky equipped - "Ride Behind" - to get the farmer off his feet and into the seat. 
The operator, steered using handles from a type of riding sulky from which the tilling attachments were hung so providing good all round visibility. Steering while simple, utilizing long control arms for leverage is similar in principle to a modern day rotary hoe or garden tractor. Maneuverability is achieved by mounting a differential in the drive sprocket of the left front wheel. The transmission gearing provided only for one speed forward and reverse. Two large levers are mounted on the steering control arms, one for forward / reverse and the other to actuate and release the clutch. The whole set up was obviously built rugged including the clutch mechanism which can be quite a challenge to repair and understand.

CENTAUR CLUTCH OPERATION:

The CLUTCH is a double sided sliding plate design, engaged by a sliding conical device that spreads a pair of pawls, which in turn engage the first sliding plate, forcing all of the plates together, thus engaging the drive line. The plates slide on, and are kept in alignment by, an internal bushing that is attached to the transmission input shaft. Slots in the cone align with tabs on the pawls, so that when moved to the extreme position, the clutch remains engaged with out the operator having to hold the handle in the engaged position. Moving the handle to the disengaged position simply pops the pawls out of the slot and the discs move apart.

Removal of the clutch simply requires removal of either the engine or transmission, so that the two halves of the clutch can be slid apart. Disassembly is obtained by completely backing off the threaded core of the conical device from the internal bushing, which releases the sliding plates. This threaded arrangement is also the adjustment for the clutch. The plate farthest from the cone is fixed to the internal bushing and thus becomes the backing plate against which the pressure of the sliding plates is reacted. Removal of this plate requires backing off two set screws that retain the bushing to the shaft. Once removed, all of the components of the clutch are slid off the bushing.

CENTAUR REBUILD:
John's actual project:
The Centaur sulky tractor was acquired on Ebay in 2015. No information on its history was
available. It was in very poor condition, and the project called for a complete restoration. There was no data plate on the tractor, thus year of manufacture and tractor S/N is not known, however, based on the known information about the New-Way engine, is was likely manufactured in the early 1920’s.
Restoration included a complete disassembly, paint and rust removal, priming and repainting. The New Way motor was fully stripped and cleaned. 

Where possible, original fastener hardware was retained, but most had to be cut off for
disassembly, and thus was replaced with new. Major components, such as wheels,
transmission, drive gears and chain, etc. were in decent condition, owing to their sturdy design
and manufacture.

The fuel tank was rusted beyond repair, however I was fortunate to find a shop that custom
manufactured a new one, reusing the original fittings.
The New-Way engine was free and mostly in good condition, except for the deteriorated sheet
metal. With the help of George I was able to identify it as a Model CH 5HP with a 4 ½
inch bore, S/N 11880.

Initial attempts to run the engine were frustrating but all came down to using a process of elimination and finding the solution. It was determined that the valves were incorrectly timed, therefore the front cover plate was removed and the gears retimed, once again with the aid of George. At this time the cylinder was removed to inspect the bore and piston/rings,which turned out to be in excellent condition. However, once timed, it still would not run. It was time to look at the magneto - no spark!

The magneto was removed and sent to a local shop for repair, and now we had spark, but still
would not run. Carburetion was determined to be the issue and what an issue it was. 

The carburetor has a cast iron body so prone to rust and clogging of its fine passages when left idle for long periods. Many hours were spent trying to get the rust out of the cast iron carburetor. As a trouble shooting tool, an aftermarket carburetor was temporarily installed, and lo and behold, it RAN! So, back to the original carburetor. After much soaking in rust remover, boiling it, running it through the dishwasher,and poking at it endlessly with wire in the passages, it was, after multiple attempts at running finally cleared. Running on it's original carburetor - what a relief.

On the metal work side, one item that took time and patience was positioning the cooling shroud so that it didn’t interfere with the cooling fan. Bearing in mind clearance needs to be assured given the rigors of operating the tractor in a rough paddock.With it finally running smoothly, attention turned to the drive train so we could take it for a spin. It might be running, but of course that was only half the project. It needs to be operational, to work as a tractor. Everything was fine except for the clutch, which would not engage. 
Investigation revealed that the lining material was completely worn out, and that the rear disc had separated from the retaining sleeve, so, we moved back to dismantling just a little. To remove the clutch, the transmission had to be removed and the disc taken to a custom shop for renewal. The rear plate was reattached to the sleeve, which was a challenge, as the sleeve is cast iron and the plate made of steel. I was unable to find any information on the clutch, so repairing it was a trial and error learning curve. Once reassembled and adjusted, the tractor moved as it should, both forward and
reverse. 
Now I had a New Way powered Centaur Tractor that not only ran but it was also operational, likely much the same as it was when produced near 100 years ago.

Time for a new project, time to fulfill the passion of restoration once again on a new challenge.

WHERE TO:
The Centaur Tractor now has a new home. It has been acquired by the Yadkinville Museum in North Carolina. No doubt it will take pride of place with many other fine displays in the museum.

Check out the PHOTOS: (Click to view)
Stripped to Bones
Sulky
Rear End
Drive Train

Finally the photo here shows the Centaur near completely restored. Just a few trims to fit, like the shroud and fan cover pieces.


Thanks John.
Regards All.
George



Monday, March 13, 2017

NEW WAY ENGINES featured at Mt Barker Rally South Australia

"POWER OF THE PAST"
Mt Barker Machinery Restoration Club were the hosts of a great rally on both days of the first weekend of March in what they call "Power of the Past Rally".

Featured products included Howard Rotary Hoes, Ford Trucks, Volvo Cars and New Way Engines to name some key players. This of course was in addition to a massive array of all sorts of machinery from times past, with vintage cars, tractors, trucks etc.

With South Australia being a grain state, world first inventor example in grain equipment were also displayed. I was staggered at the complexity of early predominantly wooden construction grain processing machines.
The South Australian Police even had their Highway Patrol Cars represented with a fine example from the 50s.

Stationary Engines represented were from fractions of a Hp up to over 150Hp where the single flywheel alone weighed 4 tons.

NEW WAY ENGINE REPRESENTATION

New Way Engines being the feature engine were well represented with in the order of 15 engines displayed by the various Machinery Restoration Clubs from towns and cities of South Australia (apx 8) and private individuals.
Displayed and in many cases working were:

  • Jewel Model NC - 1.5 Hp - Horizontal Engines
  • Jewel Model FC - 3 Hp. - Horizontal Engine
  • Model AC - 3.5 Hp - Vertical Engines 
  • Model EC - 4.5 Hp - Vertical Engines
  • M Series Model SC - 1.5 Hp - Vertical Engine
  • F Series Model CF - 4.5 Hp - Vertical Engine
  • Model CH - 5Hp - Vertical Engine
  • Model D Type D - 6 Hp - Vertical Engine
    • Big Boy of the New Ways displayed - My favorite. It ran without missing a beat all weekend. It is a great example of a New Way in all it's finery. 
    • I watched the owner start it a couple of times on buzz coil. What a pleasure after seeing other brand engine owners start their big engines. A simple rock back against compression, it fires, you let go and it is away running. 
    • The engine was kitted out in it's original gear that included a switchable chain drive Bosch DA2 Magneto kit and the original valve lifter setup with apx 1½"fiber block housing battery save points for when Buzz coil is in operation. Both works of art in their own right. (click underline to view)

In closing, a really excellent rally and a credit to the Mt Barker organisers. It is on once more next year, again in the first weekend of March 2018.

PINNAROO MUSEUM
On our way home from the rally we called in on the Pinnaroo Museum at the Mallee Heritage Centre near the South Australian / Victorian border. What a surprise it turned out to be, with hundreds of vintage stationary engines and tractors on display including two New Way Engines -  Jewel Model FC 2.5 Hp horizontal and a 4.5 Hp Model EC vertical.
In addition there is a very large museum display of various vintage commercial  presses / printing machines. I think it is claimed to be one of the largest vintage printing press machine displays in the southern hemisphere. Well worth the visit if that is your thing.
Web address as follows:
http://community.history.sa.gov.au/mallee-tourist-and-heritage-centre

Enjoy
George

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

New Way Powered "ESTATE MOWER"

Mowing the field:- TODAY WE FEATURE A NEW WAY POWERED MOWER JUST  ADDED TO THE REGISTRY. 

In an effort to provide a little more information than in the registry we have provided basic specs in this article along with links to photos. 

New Way Power Plants
Engines built by the New Way motor Company were used on a multitude of commercial equipment as a very viable, economical, compact power source.

INCLUSIONS :-
  • Lighting and Electric Power Plants eg Marco
  • Pumping outfits (inc. complete New Way Outfits)
  • Saw Benches
  • Spraying Plants (complete New Way outfits)
  • Drilling Rig
  • Potato Diggers
  • Wood Splitter
  • Binders
  • Mowers
  • Tractors eg New Way and Centaur
  • Etc etc
The mower featured is a commercially built mower designed for the likes of  "Estate Use", gardens, links or greens. The mower is a "Cylinder" or "Reel" Mower. At this point no manufacturer of the plant has been identified.

SPECIFICATIONS :-
  • New Way Model C. H 
  • H.P. 5 SAE
  • Engine Serial No. C-5242
  • Regular (Squirrel Cage) Air Cooled
  • Speed Regular 800 RPM.
    • Range 400-900 RPM
  • Patent - Latest Dec. 10, 18
  • Dimensions:
    • Floor to top of motor = 45 in.
    • Width of mover blades (Cut) =  32 in.
    • Length front wheels to rear single roller = 47 in.
  • Power Transfer
    • Direct via Pully  to "Wide Flat Belt" for a combination belt and chain drive ensuring little power loss or slippage.
  • Cutters
    • 5 blades front mounting
AGE:-
Given the serial number of the engine it is expected that it is a mid 20s decade engine.

CONDITION:-
The motor has apparently been stored under cover since the 1930s. The condition of the whole outfit is quite remarkable given it's age. It remains in it's work clothes looking every bit the authentic "New Way" powered machine that it is. The apparent intention is that it remains "Authentic" with just a clean  and the likes of a lube and tune. 

Giving justice to a fine piece of early 20th century machinery.

PHOTOS:- (click dot point items below to view.)
Finally, if you have an "Original" New Way powered vintage outfit that we can feature then we invite you to email us details so we can do a feature on your New Way powered outfit.

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