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Winning!:cool::cool::cool:
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A big thanks to both Gav's on the forum for giving me advice on how to make one of these.
The only real difference between mine and theirs is that mine is in a plastic box. This is just a precaution to reduce a fire risk. I have some plans to put in a fuse at a later stage.
Science! :)
Cheers Deddy. Heres a small video of it in action. I've got a few tweaks for it but in essence, its doing what its supposed to do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iw8MFYwdUw
Looks great. Difficult to tell in the vid but does it also rotate the other way for reverse winding middle pickups?
I think it is great but to be honest; what am I looking at? I know what 'winding' does but I only see something turning. I do not see any wire or so? Perhaps a vid 'under the hood'?
You attach the bobbin to the piece of wood that rotates, having soldered one end of a spool of wire to it. The red LED display is a counter to show how many turns of wire you've put on. It's just the motor inside the box, which is also useful for housing the counter, speed control knob and switches.
Yeah, sorry about the quality. Thats just the beta test for it. I'll post better pics of how its made soon enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
The switch in the midle position is off, up is counterclockwise and down is clockwise :D
So long as it does the job successfully it matters little how it looks.... but it certainly looks the part...
Thanks Marcel, thanks to the Pablo pepper clan the pick up winder is much better now. In fact, I wound my first set of Strat pups the other day. Haven't tested them yet but they work! I have a lot to learn!
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Interesting.....wondering how do you get the varying resistance across a set of PUP's?
Cheers, Waz
More turns of wire of course!
Very true Simon, so does the size of the wire. 8k is a pretty low wind Waz. only gives me about 5.7 DCR with enamel coated 42 AWG wire but if I use 43 AWG it gives me about 7.63 DCR. The inductance is about the same, sits at about 2.5 H.
At a slow - medium speed it takes about 30 mins to wind 8k. but I try to stop every 1k to check the winds which takes longer.
Waz, imagine winding 7k then either breaking the wire or stuffing the spool!!!!! It happens a lot when you first start winding and it is the meaning of frustrating!!!!
Inventive thinking with the Crock-pot....I have one of those gathering dust in the back corner of the kitchen which I think has just found a new purpose in the shed.
You have different coloured 'blocks' that you melted down. What did you use?
80/20 Paraffin to Beeswax
Great Work Andy!
Very nice. Going to have to build one of those one day.
So I tested out my wound puppies this arvo in a rudimentary style (no height set, setting up or intonation) and they easily sound as good as, if not slightly better than toneriders.....:eek:
To say I'm impressed with my bumbling efforts is an understatement.:cool:
I still have a lot to learn...but the fire of desire is stoked
You must have developed much patience and perseverance in the process.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
@ Andy40 Cool pickup winding machine you built there, nice to see you getting into winding your own pickups, there's a guy I met in a different online forum, who lives in Christchurch New Zealand, and he's right into winding his own pickups, he built himself a Les Paul using some mahogany wood he scored from an old table that he bought for $2.00 or so, anyway, he went as far as actually winding a couple of Humbuckers especially for the Les Paul he built.
I learned that from building PBG Kits, but yes, this is next level patienceQuote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Bringing up an old thread here @Andy40 , but do you know anywhere local that would be able to source a couple of alnico v magnets to replace some ceramics in a set of humbuckers I have here? In the current climate, I'm not keen on sourcing from China. I've had some items arrive with massive massive delay and some just not shown at all. Thanks mate.