Abstract: A stranding machine for making cables including a core wire supply reel having an axis coextensive with the operating direction; a plurality of strand element supply reels, each having a working position; a take-up reel for receiving the stranded cable containing the core wire taken from the core wire supply reel and the strand elements taken from the strand element supply reels; a rotatably supported stranding yoke having a rotary axis aligned with the axis of said take-up reel; and a plurality of rotatably supported fliers, one associated with the working position of each strand element supply reel.