a method for assembling electrical windings about an axis , the windings being strips and wound in alternating strata with their widths parallel with the axis , includes the steps : winding a first - wound winding in a winding path about the axis establishing a first stratum . arranging the first - wound winding to clear the winding path . winding one or more next windings to establish next - wound windings in the winding path until at least one next stratum is established . interleaving earlier - wound windings to establish the plurality of strata ; the interleaving including the steps of : rearranging a next - to - be - wound winding to realign with the winding path ; winding the next - to - be - wound winding in the winding path until a next stratum is established ; arranging the next - to - be - wound winding to clear the winding path ; and repeating steps through until the assembling is complete .