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previous: BOB unspooling pickup wire -- 9/23/2002 1:42 AM

Re: unspooling- in my experiences

9/23/2002 7:55 PM
WolfeMacleod	Re: unspooling- in my experiences I started out also trying to unspool wire horizintaly. The results were drastically unworkable because the bobbin would jerk at the wire with every rotation. We tried several bearing and rotation methods, even using presicion aircraft instrument bearings. If I could get the spool to spin fast enough without being jerked, then there was the problem of STOPPING the spool once the winding had stopped....wire would be thrown off the spool as it continued to spin down. I've never had a single problem unspooling wire vertically. It's never fallen off the spool or gotten tangled. Wolfe

9/23/2002 7:55 PM

WolfeMacleod

Re: unspooling- in my experiences

I started out also trying to unspool wire horizintaly. The results were drastically unworkable because the bobbin would jerk at the wire with every rotation. We tried several bearing and rotation methods, even using presicion aircraft instrument bearings. If I *could* get the spool to spin fast enough without being jerked, then there was the problem of STOPPING the spool once the winding had stopped....wire would be thrown off the spool as it continued to spin down.
I've never had a single problem unspooling wire vertically. It's never fallen off the spool or gotten tangled.

Wolfe