Re: Geek Group Coil Winder (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:40:40 -0600
From: Gerry  Reynolds <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Geek Group Coil Winder (fwd)

Hi Chris,

As a person that has wound a 8x36 inch secondary, I have a feel for the 
labor and material cost.  What would you estimate the markup would be on 
material cost for a coil??

Gerry R.


From: Chris Boden <cboden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Tesla list' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Geek Group Coil Winder

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Nice peek at Gemini in the background there.

The Geek Group is building a new toy :)

We're in the early stages of construction of a large coil winding machine.
It will have the ability to wind and coat secondary coilforms on PVC pipe up
to 22'L X 24"D (to accommodate our Zeus class secondaries). The lower limit
is yet to be determined but we imagine being able to get down to 4-6" dia
pipe on this machine. We will also be building a smaller unit specifically
for coils in the 2"- 6" range as they are the most common for hobbyists.

The pictures above are of the wire feed head.

We're just curious to see how large a market may exist for pre-made
secondary coils. Our goal is to do these in production runs and sell them to
the hobbyist market for amateur coiler use. It's an idea we've been kicking
around for some time and we're testing feasibility of bringing several bits
and pieces to market in the amateur coiling spectrum.

Thoughts?

Chris Böden
President
The Geek Group / Applied Intellect
www.thegeekgroup.org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!