[HBR] Morris coil winding gears

[Michael Zolno]

Oh! Now that would be something quite spectacular, especially for those looking for a set of gears.

Please keep us posted, very interested here. Will they be offered for sale?

All my best,

Mike

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> On Apr 16, 2015, at 10:16 PM, hbr-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian
> I have the gears but am attemping to get copies made of the gears for 
> home brew builders.
> thanks
> breck
> 
>> On 4/16/2015 6:37 PM, Brian Burns wrote:
>> Hello Breck,
>> 
>> I have a Morris, and the 39, 42 and 44 gears. If it would be any help to
>> have originals for copying, I can send them to you. I'm missing the 40, and
>> would be happy to find a source for that one.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 2:40 PM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The Morris is a great winder for multi turn coils  that require a large
>>> number of windings such as 800-900 turns for a typical IF or oscillator
>>> coil.
>>> Different cam shaft drivers for the Morris  can be made out of 1/4 inch
>>> couplings soldered onto "fender" washers, the large fender washers can be
>>> easily shaped with a file.  I use watered down Elmers white glue to help
>>> the windings stick.  Double stick tape helps hold down the initial windings.
>>> I've been looking into finding a source of gears with a ratio of 42-44 for
>>> a homebrew gear driven winder copied after the Morris drive system.
>>> breck k4che
>>> http://k4che.com/Tempvideo/Morrisosc.mp4
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 4/16/2015 5:17 PM, William Wood wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Forgot to mention
>>>> Think I have my IF coil winder now
>>>> Ian reminded me.
>>>> 
>>>> Bought a Morris that needed a little
>>>> work, that coil holding shaft connector
>>>> was bent, so a machinist turned me down
>>>> a new one, and he turned me down a new
>>>> adaptor so I can use a smaller threaded rod
>>>> too.  Only cost me $12 so far for the work
>>>> done and I?m modifying a bread board for
>>>> general purpose usage.  Will share a picture
>>>> if I ever get her done ; )
>>>> 73
>>>> Bill  KE9XQ