Rebuilt, not restored.
I bit the bullet and dove into a bunch of them. I rebuild magnetos as a hobby and as favors to friends. Then it becomes a favor to a friend who is doing a favor for his friend and so on......Lots of times I just say no and expecially when it came to these..what do you call them? Auto Sparkers, Smyth, Henricks Novelty Co, Wizard, Dynamo?
I didn't take any before photos, but here are some after the fact.
The biggest problem I have is what to charge. Parts and materials are easy.
Always asked is how long is it going to take?
How in the hell do I know until the unit is apart. Sometimes an hour, sometimes de-bugging takes 3 days. A KW style HK took 3 weeks working an hour or so a day or until becoming utterly disgusted working on what seemed to be a fruitless endavor.
My time is worth something. Fix one in an hour and charge 50 bucks and some are happy and some feel robbed. Charge 10 bucks an hour and get into an older KW and the cost will exceed the magneto's worth....
Got a KW type HK here that belongs to one of the guys behind the ACMOC show coming up in Woodland. I don't know what I can charge him, surely not enough for the time I've got into it. Oh, well......Here's the photos.