Here's another one

[Mystic]

I'm sure everyone has seen this one. http://www.nervoussquirrel.com/pickup%20winder%201.html

[ken]

I like the other pix, he shows how he designed it. I'd say he had some killer machining skills, his winder not only runs good, it looks like 'art' too. I especially like how he did his wire autoguide function, with the cam right on top of the machine.

Very cool indeed.

Ken

[David Schwab]

It's interesting how he made the bobbin stationary, and instead wraps the wire around the bobbin. The cam to change winding patterns is brilliant!

It looks like he designed it and had it machined somewhere... there's a photo of the cam being machined.

[Spence]

This machine was made in Wales. I have my suspicion that it was built for Andy Blake of Wizard as he was based here until a couple of years ago.

[ken]

I wish I could see it 'close up'. My wife says that some sewing thread bobbin winders are made this way, the bobbin is still and the rest spins. Is there some special benefit to doing coils like this like not twisting/kinking the coil wire?

I still say whoever made this is a hell of a machinist...

Ken

[Dave]

Hello, Dave here, who made the machine you were discussing. It wasn't made for Andy Blake, though by a strange coincidence he used to live just down the road from my parents house in Wales. It was all machined by myself, apart from the main cam.

The benefit to winding coils with the stationary bobbin/track method is that the point from which the wire is fed onto the coil is always kept at the same distance, and so the tension of the wire is kept more regular.

[David Schwab]

Hello, Dave here, who made the machine you were discussing. It wasn't made for Andy Blake, though by a strange coincidence he used to live just down the road from my parents house in Wales. It was all machined by myself, apart from the main cam.

The benefit to winding coils with the stationary bobbin/track method is that the point from which the wire is fed onto the coil is always kept at the same distance, and so the tension of the wire is kept more regular.

Dave, that's an amazing piece of work! I'd love to see it up close, as I'm having a hard time seeing how the wire is fed and wrapped around the bobbin.

I wouldn't mind buying something like this if they were available.

[Satamax]

Dave, that's an amazing piece of work! I'd love to see it up close, as I'm having a hard time seeing how the wire is fed and wrapped around the bobbin.

I wouldn't mind buying something like this if they were available.

Well, the wire is fed radialy through the axis of the wire wraper , kind of intresting, but i would think the wire the way it's feed it might break often!

Bye.

Max.

[ken]

Welcome Dave...

Cool, another machinist!

You did a really great job on this winder, I'm really impressed. Where did you get the idea? How much would it cost me for a set of blueprints so I can make one too?

I guess you can call your winder 'performance art', I'd build one just to put on my TV so people can look at it.

Ken

[Dave]

Yes, the wire passes through the centre of the rotating axis, along the 'wire feed arm' and then through a glass bead onto the bobbin. The motor has a slow start and there are no sharp corners to scrape the coating off the wire, so the wire is quite safe.

In the photo it looks as if there are two 'feed arm' components, but one is just to counter-balance the other.

[Mystic]

I'd be interested in Blueprints too, if they didn't cost too much. I doubt I could afford to have it made right now, but maybe someday...