Wire manipulator methods and apparatus for dynamo-electric machine coil winding

A method for disposing a wire lead along a trajectory having predetermined positional references relative to a dynamo-electric machine component comprising:

• providing a wire lead manipulator having a longitudinal axis comprising first and second portions and configured to dispose a wire lead along the trajectory at the predetermined positional references, the predetermined positional references being located on a first plane substantially defined by a surface of the component;
• receiving the wire lead from a wire lead source within a first portion of the wire lead manipulator;
• engaging the wire lead received within the first portion with a second portion of the wire lead manipulator;
• disposing the wire lead in the first plane at each of the predetermined positional references along the trajectory using a distal end of the wire lead manipulator that exclusively enters the first plane to accomplish relative movement of the distal end in the first plane with respect to the predetermined position references.