Thanks for the responses.
Kees posted a picture of a correct flywheel that shows a cam instead of a commutator. It looks like the cam operates a set of contacts to fire the coil. I’ve attached a picture of my timing lever. At first I thought it was just missing a second contact. It looks like it’s been worked over though. The contact arm has a patent number on it so I looked it up. The patent date is in the late ’20s so I’m sure it wasn’t original on my 1915 motor. It is a wiper for use with a commutator, though.
Now I guess I need to go back to coming up with a commutator to use temporarily until I come up with the right setup.
Hope the picture shows up. I can use some guidance there if it doesn’t…
Thanks
RR
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