Re: Winding/coating...

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Original poster: "James Brady by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jbrady-at-ajtech-dot-com>

where did you get your wire?

i went to radio shack and they only had a small amount, and the guy had no
idea what i was trying to do. he didn't even know who or what Tesla was.
hahaha! actually, when i was in school i never heard anything about Tesla-
that really is weird.

why do i need to wind a pvc pipe? how come i can't use a solid piece of
copper pipe?


thanks



jlb



 > You really don't need anything that fancy unless you are winding maybe a
 > coil per week or more.  A simple jig consisting
 > of two dowels (one for wire spool, one for secondary) is all you need for
 > almost all but the largest coils.
 >
 > I use the "poor-man's winding jig" which is shown here:
 >
 > http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/images/ctc3_secondary02.jpg
 >
 > I've handwound many coils on this thing and even the largest one shown
here
 > only took about an hour to wind
 > by hand.
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > Well... Now I guess I need a winding/coating rig.. first I guess
coating...
 > so im thinking pot controled steper motor.. Got a nice big printer steper
 > motor.. and a scanner one with gears on it allready
 > Honestly I don't think the printer steper would need downgearing really,
 > its got enufe torque and can be run at slow enufe speeds with the right
 > driver...
 > I got some footpedals for my steering wheel that detach too, so I could
 > have pedals for winding speed control..
 > But that brings me to a question... either way... im gonna need something
 > to hold the tube... what would I use? atm im gonna be using just a 12"
long
 > 1" across pvc tube...
 > but id like to be able to adjust to it other tubes later on.... so mabey
 > just 2 ends I can clamp onto a bench to adjust for tube length, but
still..
 > tube diamater... I don't have shop access.. tho my brother does weld..
 > Next question... what kinda driver could I use for a steper motor?
 > perferabley a revirseable one (perferabley revirseable by just a single
 > pot) and perferabley common... my local shop likes to play the "got a
cheap
 > 5amp 100v or higher mosfet?" "uhh, what part number" "hmm... xxxx" "no"
 > "xxxx" "no" "xxxx" "no" (on for 1/2 an hour) "xxxx" "Yes" "ok! how much is
 > it" "$30" "uhhh... for a 5amp 100v mosfet? yeash...." and I usally just go
 > home at that point...
 > I assume its cause its discontuined or something...
 > Sigh... a place that accepts money orders or something with whatever part
 > would be nice too...
 >
 > _
 >
 >