Re: Sewing machine motor

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Never made one like that, but I can see the appeal of the foot control :)

Just put a tiny pully on the motor and run a belt AROUND the pipe you're 
winding, this will slow it down into the semi-usefull range. The downsides 
are you're not gonna have enough torque to do BIG coils, and it will want 
to spin rather fast for the small ones. It should work, not terribly well, 
but it'll work.



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>Subject: Sewing machine motor
>Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:25:29 -0700
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>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