Re: Homemade coil winding lathe

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Here's what I rigged up for mine. I had my wife turn
the form for winding, and used a drill motor to keep
the poly from running. Winding by hand is no big deal,
but you'll definitely want a motor to rotate during
coating.

Though it's not visible, I used a bushing and double
nuts on each end.

http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil01.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil02.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil03.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil04.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil05.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil06.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/temp/Coil07.jpg

Adam

 >
 >  > 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?