Probably posting this in the wrong forum. I wanted to make a quick method for rolling out capacitors. I did a quick 3d render of it for suggestions. So far (bottom to top) - Bay 1,3 are for rolls of insulation material and Bay's 2,4 are for conductive material. I'd like to see if there are any flaws with the design? I need to learn quite a bit about capacitors still. I wanted to make a gauge on the turn crank for a rough capacity/voltage meter.
So quick overview in case I missed something:
Load Bays 1 & 3 with rolls of insulated material.
Load Bays 2 & 4 with rolls of conductive material (Foil/Tin Foil? Would sheets of copper work?)
Feed the rolls into Roller Stack (maybe spring pressurized to hold materials in place - line up insulation so it's a 1/4" border around conductive material)
Fold materials (starting with Bay 1 material) over crank bar. Solder copper wire to Bay 2 material, Roll some and Solder another copper wire to Bay 4 material )
Turn to required thickness ( Thickness play into voltage/capacity?)
Cut Conductive material so it's bordered by 1/4" of insulation material
Tighten Roll, Secure with tape, Break out the empty Pringles can!?
I'm probably going to electrocute myself !
Obviously the jig needs support. I was going to build it with 2x6's as the rolls of material might tend to become heavy. Anyways... I figure this is the cheapest way to produce these as I might blow a few of them up. Let me know your comments.