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Title: Ralph Watson
Post by: vtsteam on March 10, 2013, 11:07:49 PM

In researching rotary valves I stumbled across the work of this remarkable man. He built racing cars powered not only by rotary valve engines, but a Lycoming aircraft engine, and designing and building a new 7 cylinder rotary aircraft engine, among other fascinating racing and engineering feats.

All of this was performed on a modified 1938 lathe with overhead drive shaft for the lathe and a milling head. The lathe was 12" x 36". The work it performed was machining from solid full size racing and aviation crankcases from the solid, among other things.

Once I started reading on this site about this man, I couldn't stop. See if you don't feel the same way:

http://ralphwatson.scienceontheweb.net/index.html#contents (http://ralphwatson.scienceontheweb.net/index.html#contents)

Title: Re: Ralph Watson
Post by: John Hill on March 12, 2013, 03:04:22 AM

I looked at that vehicle when it was on show one evening and I never realized that I was looking at possibly the world's most satisfactory rotary valve engine car. :coffee:

Title: Re: Ralph Watson
Post by: Henning on March 12, 2013, 05:19:00 AM

That was a great find! Thanks for sharing!  :headbang:

Title: Re: Ralph Watson
Post by: millwright on March 13, 2013, 09:21:33 AM

what a great find and a very interesting read. a true madmodder.
John

Title: Re: Ralph Watson
Post by: dsquire on March 14, 2013, 04:50:12 PM

vtsteam

I have just finished reading all of the "RALPH WATSON : SPECIAL ENGINEER". That was an awsome story. Thanks very much for providing that link so that his story could be shared.  :D :D

Cheers  :beer:

Don