Re: Homemade coil winding lathe

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

The all-thread screw rod my tend to grab and push the upright 2x4s as it 
turns.  I sleeved mine with copper pipe inserts.  Maybe some candle wax 
would let it slip ok too.

Cheers,

         Terry

At 03:23 PM 2/29/2004, you wrote:
><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?
>