Newbie- what electronic circuitry is needed

[NCMColt]

I hope someone out there will set me straight as to what electronics is needed to run these motors. I managed to inherit two Oriental 100Volt AC torque motors with 15:1 gear heads. I want to build a wire coil winding machine to make solenoids and transformers. One motor will drive a reel or bobbin that the wire is coiled onto and the other drives a lead screw travelling back and forth on a rail or gantry laying the wire in neat rows.
Here is what I think is needed????
A power supply with AC output of 100V to power the motors, 5V DC to power a controller circuit and two drivers for each motor. I found out that these motors are from Japan and Oriental America does not sell the controller with the rated voltages. I hope Japan will reply to my request. But before I start buying I have to know for certain what electronics is needed.
Is it possible that simply synchronizing the speeds of the motors using something like a rheostat will be sufficient?

[Zig]

NO..

Rheostats wont do the job.

Cil winding is as precise as thread cutting and bobbins are unforgiving when stressed by a number of layers of wire .

There is a new package donated by a kind fellow which generates the G-code for a winding machine. Grab an old lathe and fit a top slide motor to it .
Fit a couple of shaft encoders and use EMC with this software ( its floating in these spaces as of a week or so ago) and You will be better off.

ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.... make a decent wire tensioning systems in line with the zen of wire. Otherwise You will stretch ( and change wire diameter or the layers will be applied in a sloppy fashion.

Good luck

[NCMColt]

Thank You zig for the advise. It makes more sense what you say I think there will be more precision using a lathe. In fact my brother in law has a bench top lathe I might just buy. I will begin my research anew.