Universal coil cutter

An apparatus for cutting end turns of stator, rotor and armature windings comprising:

• a motor within a support housing, an extended shaft attached to said motor, a saw attached to said shaft, and bearings within said support housing for supporting said shaft, said support housing mounted on a y-axis motor driven carriage which is mounted on an x-axis motor driven carriage which in turn is mounted on a z-axis carriage above a table for supporting a first workpiece with said end turns in a first cutting mode, a control means which communicates with a drive motor of each of said y-axis and said x-axis motor driven carriages to move the saw in a path around the first workpiece while cutting a plurality of said windings in said first cutting mode, and rails to support a workpiece stand on said table which allows for rotary motion of a second workpiece with said end turns in a second cutting mode, and a drive belt for looping around a diameter of the second workpiece and a drive pulley for imparting said rotary motion, the control means moving said saw into the windings of said second workpiece to position said saw to cut off a plurality of said windings of said second workpiece as said second workpiece is rotated in said second cutting mode.