Gav's Pickup Winder

[gavinturner]

Awesome, thanks for the tip DB! What do I do if the wire *does* break? try and solder the sucker back together?

cheers,
Gav.

[dingobass]

Yeah, after swearing loudly

You will need to get the coating off (oh derr, DB) I am sure you will know to use nail polish as a replacement insulating coat...

By the way, has everyone seen the new Mojotone pup winder on the Stewmac site yet? It poos all over the shitten oops Schatten winders!

[keloooe]

Awwwwwwwww yeah new Mojotone winder! I hated that Schatten winder!

[dingobass]

The Shatten winders are fine for the occasional user, just no good for a busy workshop.

There are some great features on the Mojo winder, the ability to program in ten of your fave winds and an inbuilt Gauss meter!

[keloooe]

Looking on the site I remember a friend owning one of these, they are a bit overpriced at $500 but they are great!
I reckon with an Arduino you could re-create most of the machine, just not the gauss meter.

[dingobass]

It would cost you more to buy the bits to build one...
The Mojo winder has a geared drive so no belts to shag out halfway through a wind... Been there and man, did that cause some very loud and colourful language

[Rabbitz]

I reckon with an Arduino you could re-create most of the machine, just not the gauss meter.

Why not?

A Hall Effect Device to detect the EM field, an analogue input on the Arduino to measure the voltage. Now calibration might be tricky but it could be done.

[gavinturner]

An arduino-based winder is definitely on my roadmap for the future .

cheers,
Gav.

[keloooe]

Actually yeah it could be done, my brain went a bit dead as I was focusing on something more important... Anyway, the Arduino can handle basically the whole thing.... Now my mind is ticking!!

[strungout]

Hi guys
Stupid question - but what happened after page 13 of the thread
Did the winder work ? What were the results
Any mods to the winder ?
I have decided to look at maybe building one while locked up