Wire handler

[jadon1979]

I dunno if this exists... it probably does... if it doesn't and you make a million off it.. remember me... this came to me while wrapping a rodin coil with a very loose spool.  I'm not an electrician or wire monkey so I have no idea if they already have this.  If not.. it's a good idea. 

[jadon1979]

Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowes are useless for materials when it comes to making this.  The one I need can't be any bigger than 1" 1/4" in  diameter.... anyone know a source where I can get materials to build this?

[CompuTutor]

You did say "Rodin" in your posts above,
so your indicating toroidal windings in nature.

I'm guess you mean something small enough in diameter
that it will pass through the center hole as a threading bobbin.

I'm guessing you meant 1" long,
by 1/4" max diameter above.

The easiest is to use an elongated H shuttle bobbin,
like fishermen use to repair fishing nets and so forth.

Tubes have been used before,
but they tend to put a twist in the wire.

Think of those packets of solder in a tube,
as you draw from the coil in them,
they twist the solder into a helix badly.

Then again, you may mean a spooling effect instead.

As long as you unwind it one turn
per each pass through the center,
that might work out fine I suppose.

I have seen somewhere long thin bobbins
for hand held sewing machines,
and tubes to store them in.

Poke a hole in the side of the storage container
near one end, and you might be a happy camper.

Well, you'd still have to cut the wire by hand... 

Did I guess close to what you meant though ?

I used Google-images to get a few
pics of what I meant above.

[jadon1979]

was thinking something like a toilet paper roller with a tube around it.  Same effect where the wire naturally turns the spool.  Maybe tapping a hole in the center of the tube (instead of the cap at the top) so the wire will spin out of the middle instead and be able to sit between your fingers when grasped.  I'm starting to eyeball a prescription bottle for this with a thread spool that just sits inside of it.  Maybe glue buttons on the inside and outside so the wire runs smoothly against the inside of the button as opposed to the plastic container.

[CompuTutor]

I'm guessing (Again) that the answer to my question was yes.

Sooooo, the 1-1/4" long Singer bobbin
part number #8228 might do the trick.

It is not a squat style of stationary bobbin,
but instead it is a shuttle style bobbin
so it is thin and long because of that.

The matching #7172 shuttle (Replaced by #72)
has slots in the side too, and a pointed end.

I haven't had one in my hands to know
if the end feed hole twists the thread,
but I suspect the end hole allows the
thread to unwind abound the end of it.

So the side slots are the only option
for a straight feed of a solid material
like enamaled wire and so forth.

Tubes for a machinist "End Mill" are this size too.

One un-twist per winding still applies for both.

These are both easy to find on Google and eBay.

Sorry, no built-in cutter... 

I'll provide a couple pics to get you started,
let me know if this is helping please, thanks.