Here's some pics of my new winder

[R Walker]

Well, decided to add an Tanac AX-3 to the shop. Still figuring it out and don't have the tensioner setup yet. Also have to get a new faceplate machined for it. The current faceplate i'm using won't work with the mandrel system on the ax3.

Pics are HUGE, I'll try and crop them down if I get any time today.

AX-3

[Rob S]

Very nice, congratulations.

If you use XP, one of their powertoys will let you select and resize a number of pictures with a right click - works well:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

[Satamax]

I'm wondering, how much does such a winder costs?

Bye.

Max.

[R Walker]

A little over 8k depending on accessories.

[ken]

Tanac sticker shock...

8K for one winder? Ouch, I outfitted my whole pickup shop for less than 1K.

I'm serious now, I want to know...
What can this winder do that a cheaper one can't? Is this one more accurate, faster, or what? I don't know enough about this winder to make a decision.

Thank you,
Ken

[David Schwab]

I would guess it's pretty much automatic.... load a bobbin and start your wire and go!

If you were winding all day this could save time. It doesn't take me long to wind a coil, but I wish my winder had an auto stop feature when you hit a certain set number of winds. I think I'm going to explore this modification.

This is probably overkill for pickup coils... other types of coils can have very elaborate winding patterns.

[Satamax]

A little over 8k depending on accessories.

Ouch!

[ken]

Ouch is right... I'm broke just thinking about it.

I guess it may be worth it if it could be set for 'set and forget' operation, but I still like to wind all my own coils.

Ken