Hi Fred,
A couple of years ago I asked a you few questions about winding your own transformers and you told me that you hand feed the wires. Hope you don't mind , I downloaded your method and found it to very practical. I thought about this for quite a while and wondered if one could feed the wires "semi-Automatic", without going into Arduino or the like but using what's lying around This is what I came up with.

https://youtu.be/0-VnSygviq8

Regards Rudy

Hi Rudy!

Well done!
There are some very good design elements in that and I applaud the 'old school' sensible methods of motion detection and control.
That is a Mechanical Engineering 101 design.
Designers nowadays can't get out of the 'pic chip' 'Arduino' 'phone ap' mindset to do something simple. They would have circuit boards full of chips you can't get next week with programs that need tweaking every time you use them.

Not sure about running wires above about 0.040" size on it, especially if you need to belt the winding down with a big hammer to make it fit into the lam window. But looks great for putting on 1000's turns of <0.010.
My Crood system falls down badly on small gauges, I have used 0.008" and smaller but can only go slowly.

Guys, definitely worth a look for ideas.

Fred.

Hi Rudy,

Yes this is an impressive build both in how it has been engineered utilising salvaged parts on hand and in how well it operates. I did show my apprentice this on Monday and was quite amazed and taken back by the design, build and intricacy of all the moving parts. Well done

Thank you Fred and Dave for your comments. Dave, I want to acknowledge the encouragement to keep improving it's performance by yourself and my late brother-in-law.