[Elecraft] Re: Toroid winding

[COLIN WHITMORE]

5000 by HAND!!! You ARE the Toroid Guy. I would strongly suggest asking S=
anta for that Gorman machine. It just might keep your XYL an XYL! :-)

Cheers,
Colin
N0YGY

Steve AA8AF asked,

" ...I've wondered all along...... Do you do your winding entirely by han=
d? 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..."

Mychael Morohovich AA3WF replied,

"Hi, Steve-

My understanding is that such a clever beast indeed exists, but due large=
ly to the fact that "multi-buck" describes it quite accurately (coupled w=
ith 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 woul=
d work, though I have an idea. If anyone has actually seen one close up a=
nd can explain away the magic, please feel free to clue us in. I get aske=
d this question regularly and would love having a proper answer.

Tnx,

Mychael AA3WF"


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