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Author: | dpetrzelka [ Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:29 am ] |
Post subject: | Homemade pickup winder and pickup winding |
While I have 4 acoustics in progress, I needed another project like I needed a ... a pickup winder! To kick it off I thought I'd share the first pickup I wound back in late grade school/high school. I cut the bobbin from white styrene, and the pole pieces were screws, chucked in a drill press and filed down to remove the threads. It was fully hand-wound, and terribly over potted. But it worked, kind of. When I made that one there were only dial-up BBS for "internet" and info on pickup winding was tough to come by. I've learned a few things about pickups, electronics and machining since then. ![]() |
Author: | dpetrzelka [ Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Homemade pickup winder and pickup winding |
I have some brass rod and acrylic sheet around - so those are to be the materials for the pickup winder arbor/base plate. The Sherline lathe itself will be used for winding, so everything will be made on it, for it. Using a rotary table on the mini Sherline, I did the initial work on the pickup mounting plate. ![]() Then did the final truing in the lathe, and added visual pickup alignment guides as .5" incremental lines around the mounting plate. ![]() Next up was a wire guide system that could mount in my quick change boring bar holder. 3/8" polished brass rod, with aluminum stop collars. ![]() A hall sensor connected to an Arduino with lcd display will be used for the wind counter, and I'll add a reverse switch to the lathe for winding RWRP pickups. |
Author: | dpetrzelka [ Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:38 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Homemade pickup winder and pickup winding |
Supplies are starting to show up: ![]() My first pickup will be a custom wound 53mm spaced humbucker for a good friend's lap steel. This recipe also calls for 42 AWG plain enamel, and dijon - Mojotone dijon. ![]() ![]() |
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