Re: Sewing machine motor

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Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I tried this on my first coil, but found that my
sewing machine motor really didn't have enough torque.
I ended up using a variac and a drill.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry
 > Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > Have any of you guys made a coil winder out of a
 > sewing machine motor with
 > the foot controller?  I was hoping to further reduce
 > the already variable
 > speed thru pulleys.  (Or did I just waste my money?)
 > Secondly, I also purchased a resettable
 > electromechanical counter to keep
 > track of form revolutions.  Anyone have any hints
 > for me?
 > Thanks,
 > John Richardson
 >
 >