Re: Coil Winder Thingy

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Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Although I have stock in Home Depot and should send you there, Lowe's (S 
Denver, anyway) has a specialty hardware section with all kinds of nylon 
fasteners, bearings, etc.  Also brass, bronze bushings, etc.  Good for 
fabricating supplies...

Nick A


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Coil Winder Thingy
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:22:44 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Bill Vanyo by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><vanyo-at-echoes-dot-net>
>
>I built mine with an electronic turn counter that I got on eBay for
>under $4.  They're often available there (isn't everything?).  My
>winding jig was electric drill powered, variac controlled - crude but
>effective.  I did 1000 turns at about 4 turns per second.  The results
>were beautiful.  I think even if winding only a single coil, it's
>quicker to build a winding jig.
>
>	-  Bill V.
>
>Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > Nice, simple design.  I wound my 2" secondary by hand, and it took 
>forever!
> > Not to mention the sore hands...  It came out almost perfect, but would 
>have
> > been much, much easier and taken a mere fraction of the time with a jig 
>like
> > this.  It would even be easy to add a turn counter to it.  I can't 
>imagine
> > trying to wind a 12" without one!  The ice cream motor seems perfect for
> > this application.  I've seen new ones at Wal-Mart for $15 in the summer.
> >
> > Nick A
> > Denver, CO, USA
> >
> > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > >Subject: Coil Winder Thingy
> > >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:34:39 -0600
> > >
> > >Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
> > ><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> > >
> > >Dear List,
> > >
> > >I recently built and tested an electric coil winding
> > >jig, and it beats my old hand-crank jig by a mile.
> > >It's based on an electric ice cream maker I picked up
> > >at a junk sale for $2. I don't have a link for it on
> > >my web site yet, but you can get a sneak preview at
> > >
> > >http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/jig.htm
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Greg
> > >
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