[Boatanchors] "Morris Coilmaster coil winder" questions

[Joe Foley]

--- Sandy and Kees Talen <windy10605@juno.com> wrote:
> I've owned one but never really used it. ...... 
> 
> Just built a coil winder sorta like the Coilmaster
> (scrap aluminum,
> old potentiometers for brass bushings, old knob
> inserts for collets, 
> knobs with aluminum skirts for cams, roller bearing
> from PC disk 
> drive for cam follower, etc) and have a few
> questions. Picture is 
> on my websete at   http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/
> 
> Looks like the gears which come with the Coilmaster
> would allow
> spindle to crank ratios of from 0.9:1 to 1.1:1 ....I
> guess this is to 
> "walk" the turns around the coil and would depend on
> wire size,
> pattern, etc. My cams give enough movement for up to
> 3/8" 
> width coils (I'm not sure what the max width is for
> a "Coilmaster") 
> but you can always use multiple coils ......like on
> RF chokes. Any 
> wider coil would probably require a greater spindle
> to crank ratio.
> I don't have any Litz wire and magnet wire with
> beeswax
> still tends to create a "domed" basket weave
> winding. If you use 
> a wooden disk/plastic spool for "sides" the wire
> does not have 
> time to make it to the side before the cam reverses
> direction. This
> again results in a domed winding as the outer turns
> collapse
> because they never make it to the spool sides.
> 
> I know this can be made to work better.
++++++++++++++
I have a Morse Coil winding machine, I also have a
winch on my army truck,.......... there is a
connection there, really!

It would seem to me that you'd almost have to adapt
your machine to EACH type of coil you're going to
wind, small inductor or transformer winding.  In order
to get a "flat" wind like on a driver transformer with
lots of turns of fine wire you'd need MANY turns of
the spindle per single turn of the cam that makes the
wire supply travel acrossed the bobbin.

I see this getting real complicated,....... maybe more
like a fishing reel.  Maybe you're grabbing parts out
of the wrong box,....... try your tackle box!

Joe


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