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Look what I found - the photos of my Geo. Stevens winder when I bought it!
There are actually two winders in these photos - the small one in the back of the lower photo with the big dial counter is a model 20, and originally I was going to CNC that one. This one is one of the very earliest Stevens winders.
The big one on the board is the one I'm restoring right now. This is a Model 120 electrically driven gang winder set up for winding four coils at once. I am now rebuilding this one to wind four humbucker coils at a time too. Originally this winder was owned by a man in Ohio? who owned Bally Bingo (gambling pinball) machines in the early 1950's, and the winder was used to rebuild the game's solenoids. The owner must have had a lot of machines to justify buying his own coil winder! You can see the original arbor with four solenoid coils still mounted on it in the photos.
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The Model 120 as found also has the Model 20's original horizontal tensioner mounted on it to wind one coil. The 120's original four tensioners are in the top of the first photo mounted on the rod and brackets - but they are upside down. Here are closeup photos of the tensioner in the right orientation. These are superfine wire tensioners for up to 44 gauge wire - weird usage on a winder originally set up for 22 gauge coil wire!
I am restoring the original motor and speed reducing gearbox right now, next I will build a new electrical control panel (the box on the forklift fork at left in the second photo). I think I'm only missing a set of gears, a cam, the gearcase cover, and the 'left hand' cam follower and spring.
Ken
There are actually two winders in these photos - the small one in the back of the lower photo with the big dial counter is a model 20, and originally I was going to CNC that one. This one is one of the very earliest Stevens winders.
The big one on the board is the one I'm restoring right now. This is a Model 120 electrically driven gang winder set up for winding four coils at once. I am now rebuilding this one to wind four humbucker coils at a time too. Originally this winder was owned by a man in Ohio? who owned Bally Bingo (gambling pinball) machines in the early 1950's, and the winder was used to rebuild the game's solenoids. The owner must have had a lot of machines to justify buying his own coil winder! You can see the original arbor with four solenoid coils still mounted on it in the photos.
Click on the photos to expand these to full size
The Model 120 as found also has the Model 20's original horizontal tensioner mounted on it to wind one coil. The 120's original four tensioners are in the top of the first photo mounted on the rod and brackets - but they are upside down. Here are closeup photos of the tensioner in the right orientation. These are superfine wire tensioners for up to 44 gauge wire - weird usage on a winder originally set up for 22 gauge coil wire!
I am restoring the original motor and speed reducing gearbox right now, next I will build a new electrical control panel (the box on the forklift fork at left in the second photo). I think I'm only missing a set of gears, a cam, the gearcase cover, and the 'left hand' cam follower and spring.
Ken
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