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DIY - Coil Winding Machine

By zene10

5 years ago



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    #1 5 years ago
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    ZEN

    zene10

    Pinball Z

    8y 68,550 886

    I am considering buying a Surfers machine and a friend cautioned me about the zipper flipper coils being unobtainium if there is an issue.

    A search here on pinside brought up two relevant topics:

    Anyone do custom coil winding?

    and

    Coil Winding Question

    For impossible to find coils the options seem to be work with APB enterprises APB enterprises or wind the coil yourself.

    This morning an Instructables popped up with a Do It Yourself Coil Winding Machine, that seems to be a viable alternative to using a drill.

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    #2 5 years ago
     
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    KenLayton

    In Memoriam

    US Olympia, WA

    12y 83,400 5,965

    The antique radio guys like to use a Moreco "Coilmaster" hand operated coil winding machine. Typically find those on ebay:

    ebay.com link: Coilmaster Moreco Inc Coil Winding Machine

    Ebay is also a good place to find other hand operated coil winding machines:

    ebay.com link: U S Solid Coil Winder Manual Electric Coil Winding Machine NZ 1 US Shipping

    ebay.com link: NZ 2 Manual Automatic Coil Hand Winding Machine Winder CE Two Speeds USA Stock

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    #3 5 years ago
     
    DJC

    Don_C

    Pinside member

    US Milwaukee, WI

    12y 46,850 549 21

    I made one from a windshield wiper gearmotor i found at a surplus sales place (American Science and Surplus, Milwaukee), some wood, tubing, drywall screws and various bits from my toolbox and junk box. I even found a turns counter and did not have to count. Less than 20 bucks. Get creative!

    Don C.

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    #4 5 years ago
     
    VDW

    DDDwingmaster

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    NZ Napier

    9y 29,650 130

    OP
    Quoted from zene10:

    This morning an Instructables popped up with a Do It Yourself Coil Winding Machine, that seems to be a viable alternative to using a drill.

    This seems really flimsy and would only be good for really thin wire. The normal wire of pinball coils is much thicker and that contraption would not have enough torque.

    I use a old hand drill to wind pinball coils. A long M10 bolt+nut holds the coil former

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    #5 3 years ago
     
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    boy141

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    6y 17,650 43

    Where would you get the plastic spools from to put the coil on?

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    #6 3 years ago
     
    VDW

    DDDwingmaster

    Pinside member

    NZ Napier

    9y 29,650 130

    I designed one, and print it with a 3d printed. Largest drawback of 3d printing is that the core need to be thicker as the original. So it takes a bit more wire to wind 800 turns compared to the originals.

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