This invention concerns a machine for the automatic and continuous production of wire winding spools, and in particular metal welding wire for welding machines. The machine in question consists of three successive operating stations through which two parallel, straight metal rods are carried at intermittent speed; in the first station, upside down "U" shaped brackets are welded on the above rods; in the second station the rods are bent, repeatedly to shape a closed polygon; in the third station the interfacing ends of each open ring of the spool are welded.