the blades 12 are all stationary and are attached to wedge guide elements 40 the plurality of elongated parallel wedge guide elements 40 are provided respectively axially aligned with blade elements 12 wedge guide elements 40 are spaced about bore 42 coaxial with and communicating with bore 14 and define wedge guide slots 44 therebetween in axial and radial alignment with spaces 18 between blade elements 12 and in axial alignment with stator slots 30 fig5 wedge guide slots 44 communicate with bore 42 blades 12 are held in place against wedge guide elements 40 by the stripper 32 which urges the blades 12 radially outwardly against wedge guide elements further pushing element 106 and sleeve member 86 move up to support and urge blades 12 radially outwardly as the stripper 32 is moved into the stator 28 so that the dynamoelectric machine coil and wedge inserting apparatus of the present invention is capable of being used with stator core members of different stack lengths means is provided for axially adjusting the length of blades 12 this adjusting means includes a roll pin 54 located in the outer surface of blades 12 which is received in a corresponding one of a plurality of recesses 55 in a corresponding wedge guide.