Anyone who has ever wound a toroidal coil by hand can tell you that it’s not exactly a fun job. Even with the kinds of coils used in chokes and transformers for ham radio, which generally have ...

A wire winder made by John Cotherman (photo) and his father Bill mostly uses materials that John had on hand. A cattle operation uses lots of wire to create temporary paddocks and replace old fences.

We’ve grown to expect seeing mechatronics project incorporate a standard complement of components, things like stepper motors, Arduinos, lead screws, timing belts and pulleys, and aluminum extrusions.

Whether your plant is winding spools of wire, paper, or sheets of another web, now's the time to eliminate those tension headaches, folks: Clutches and other components are well suited to spooling ...