Thank you. Great video; you have a very nice way of speaking and delivering information. Based on your idea, I have made a winding jig but I put a hinge on the outer support. That way there is very little adjustment of the nuts. The inner plate stays put. I need only to tighten the outer nut and then swing the outer plate into place. I also put a leather and wood pincher on the incoming wire to maintain even tension of the wire feeding the coil. All the best, Ted
Great video, very straight forward & simple. I have to wind a small transformer & really didn't need a commercial type winder, this is perfect - Thank You ! Cheers, Baz
This is what a homebrew builder should dig for : "make it simple".. Unfortunately that "era" seems gone but You came in with another tip . Fantastic tool, easy to build, VERY useful ! Thanks for sharing , '73 de Adriano iz3svi .
This video is the BEST diy coil winder that I've found on the internet, I've been searching for something like this about 2 years! . It's incredible easy and cheap to replicate, many many thanks to the creative mind who did this video.
My I detest in Crystal radios have grown, l am 66 years old and toyed around with them when l was 10. Thanks for the tips l shall try to build one soon cheers
Great Jig! And you are correct: Radio Shack is of no help whatsoever! They don't carry squat anymore, and pretty much never did. Thanks for your videos.
How did you get your start writing comic books though? Kidding but you really look like Stan Lee. I’m sure I’m not the first to point that out. Great winding project. Thanks for making this video.
It would be nice with two wood, hard rubber, or plastic cones 2"+/- diameter. One would be stationary, the other would rotate with handle and adjust to various coil lengths. I sure do wish my machinist/tool maker father were still here with his lathe.
Years ago i built a jig. It was nice and made for one of my many nonsensical projects. Never used it. Forgot what i built it for. Anyone needing a jig that does something, let me know.
Just started getting into soldering Electronics. I have bought a few things for beginners. The coil wire it's very expensive. Got to be a better resource than buying online on eBay.
old/small electric motors are a good source for cheap wire.....and it's usually smaller gauge (20,22,24,26,28 gauge)…..I keep a couple dead motors handy, just for small wire type applications.
Got an idea that might work. Instead of bracing the coil form between two flat plates, if they had a cone shape they would "auto-center" the form. (wishing now I could attach a pic) It doesn't need to be a full cone, just a bit of rise at the center if that makes sense.
You've already built one. Add a bungee cord, a rope, a board to rest your chisel on, and a plank for a foot pedal and you can turn your winding jig into a spring pole lathe. Or just take that masonite and make cross-shaped cone forms from that. Cut it into two triangles and make a couple cuts (one down from the tip about halfway, one up from the base halfway) so the triangles fit together at 90° to each other and can stand on their own. Glue them to another piece of masonite, then drill down the center so your threaded rod can fit though them. As long as you don't put too much pressure on the form, they should center the form and hold it just fine.
The only problem I have is I want a more sturdy handle and secured in place to put pressure when I have a messed up wire that needs straightening, but if you don't mess up your wire like me from the beginning this should be fine, thank you.
Shoulda made it with more space between so its not so hard to get it in there. Maybe make 2 shafts so you can also mount yor wire spool making it easier to wind without having it turn into a rats nest in case you were to inadvertantly release tension on the wire.
Can you explain why it's so important for a certain number of turns? I've heard the number should be between 80 and 110. I've also heard 150 turns. Thanks in advance.
It depends on the application. The number of turns affects the inductance. Say if you wanted a x10 step up transformer. The primary could be 100 turns and the secondary 1000 turns. That would give ten times the voltage on the secondary at a current related to the amount of power transferred at that voltage.
This would help me a lot, but for now I am searching for a way to wind a secondary for a Tesla coil, and this is not that useful only if I make it very long (I could)
Radio Shack will be of no help. Truer words have never been spoken. Mine didn't know what magnet wire was nor multi meters. I was there yesterday looking for magnet wire and a customer asked an employee if the fuse they had was ceramic. They didn't know. I chimed in and it appeared ceramic to me. I recall their old slogan "You've got questions. We've got answers." as the biggest joke in history.
Length is not critical; just make it long enough to accommodation the coil you plan to wind. I happen to be using Loctite GO2 Glue, but this is not critical either.
