[Elecraft] Toroid Winding

[Mychael Morohovich AA3WF]

Steve AA8AF asked," ...I've wondered all along...... Do you do your winding
entirely by hand?  Or is there some clever,  multi-buck
machine/tool/robot/fixture/process that winds toroids when fed  cores and
wires???? Just an engineer having trouble imagining an automated
solution..."
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Hi, Steve-

My understanding is that such a clever beast indeed exists, but due largely
to the fact that "multi-buck" describes it quite accurately (coupled with my
wife's inevitable objection to finding a robot in the living room), it finds
no shelter here under this roof . I do the winding and tinning the old
fashioned way.

Like you, I also have trouble picturing exactly how such a mechanism would
work, though I have an idea. If anyone has actually seen one close up and
can explain away the magic, please feel free to clue us in. I get asked this
question regularly and would love having a proper answer.

Tnx,

Mychael AA3WF