[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Homemade coil winding lathe



Original poster: Dave Leddon <leddon1-at-llnl.gov> 

At 06:04 PM 2/29/2004, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Matt Whitman" <teslacoiler-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>Hi,
>
>One thing that I would recomend that makes the winding a bit easier is to
>have the spool of mag wire on a rod to so you can move it along as your
>winding. Also as your winding keep the spot that the wire is coming off the
>spool about an inch behind your current wind this will help to keep the
>windings tight. A motor or a second person really helps too.

Another good trick is to just put the spool clear across the room.  If it's 
far enough away you can wind the entire coil without having to move the spool.

>Matt Whitman
>teslacoiler-at-hotmail-dot-com
>http://web.a-znet-dot-com/~teslacoiler/index.html
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:02 PM
>Subject: Homemade coil winding lathe
>
>
> > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
> >
> >
><http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/articles/winding_lathe/>http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com
>/articles/winding_lathe/
> >
> > I made a coil winding lathe today, looks to be promising. I'm a bit too
> > tired to wind it today considering I wired the garage for 240 VAC at 30
> > amps and built this lathe in under 2 hours. Can any1 see any flaws in my
> > design?
> >
> >


***************************************************************************
David H. Leddon
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
7000 East Ave. L-495
Livermore, CA 94550-9516
leddon1-at-llnl.gov
(925) 422-1532 (VOICE)
(925) 423-8223 (FAX)
***************************************************************************