The Amp Garage

inserting isolation between windings is most conzuming part... http://www.turneraudio.com.au/ check this link,he does it the same way.also check out http://www.ig-transformatoren.com/gener ... ction.html and leslie on 18watt forum,he did great job!

Thanks for the info/responses to my questions. Really have a lot of respect for you guys that are doing this. Where, and when does varnishing enter the picture.? Thank You btw.....take a look at the winder this guy built. best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1CGQhxmEIo varnishing! its gona be somet...

tsutt wrote:Makes me think of part of an old song..........If i only had a brain....

I know you think life is too short to wind your own transformer...

Hmm...thought you rigged up that calculator for counter job, myself - wouldn't bother to build a discrete decade counter, born lazy :wink: Place the calculator so that the single tooth on the wheel will press "=" button every turn. Enter "1 +" into calculator, now every time "=" button is pressed i...

Sorry for the um-informed question.....but how do you get the winding(s) to go evenly from right to left (or left to right) and not just pile up on top of each other.? Thank You spool is feeded with wire by hand so you can control tension,when I finish first layer and start next, first winding is p...

Hmm...thought you rigged up that calculator for counter job, myself - wouldn't bother to build a discrete decade counter, born lazy :wink: Place the calculator so that the single tooth on the wheel will press "=" button every turn. Enter "1 +" into calculator, now every time "=" button is pressed i...

VacuumVoodoo wrote:Cool. I see you rigged that calculator as turns counter too.

here it is...[IMG:800:600]http://imageshack.us/a/img203/3250/img7554s.jpg[/img]
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but it is not working properly.I have to discard this 555 IC...

here is my coil winder...[IMG768]http://imageshack.us/a/img4/91/picture015ib.jpg[/img]
it is made of windscreen wiper electro-motor powered with PC power supply...

hell-ooooooo!Jack is for undusting my throat,bottle of kahlua is on the right,white russian is my thing when I am working... next is winding 18watt OT,that is gona be challenging,lots of turns!as I do this I am gona explain how I wind my OT.

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looking good!!!

hello kato!I was looking at this varnishing jar on your page...I am interested to build one.when you power on compressor does it sokeup all the varnish from jar?can you explain this please...

dont give up man!!!

May I please have a copy? picservis@gmail.com

yeah man,PT and OT are the same size!I was looking all this PT pictures and asking my self how it is possible that the PT is the same size as OT!they probably use different current density per mm2...I would really like to lay my hands on that PT and OT and disassemble them...buy one burned out maybe...