Gav's Pickup Winder

[gavinturner]

thanks @stan . I'm really enjoying building somethign different!

great idea @jarrod! I had no idea such things existed. I will definitely look into it. Might be a great idea for the next prototype - go all digital with an arduino for motor controller, counter and user interface!

cheers,
Gav.

[keloooe]

Yeah all digital setup based off the Uno would be cool, maybe even one of those 16x2 character displays? Takes up 2 GPIO pins so that frees the rest for the other cool features!

[Brendan]

Where are you planning on getting flatwork from? Have been chasing around for a '51 P Bass pup and have nearly resolved to go for the flatwork and make one myself.

[gavinturner]

hey Brendan,

Stewmac has them:
http://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_E...or_P-Bass.html

I have also found kits on aliexpress for strat and tele, but I'm still not sure about the pole pieces.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sell-...521208766.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sell-...250440861.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sell-...250432313.html

This pole-piece and magnet element of the whole pickup equation is a mystery to me. Many kits say that the pole pieces come un-magnetized and so this would have to be done too. To what strength? Who knows! Something else to ponder!

cheers,
Gav.

[keloooe]

Stength is something that also makes a pickup unique, just experiment!
Also RealParts have pickup kits in their catalogue as well as SM

[gavinturner]

hi guys,

i actually had to write code today, so not as much progress as I would have liked on the pickup winder. Still, I did make some progress in my lunch break! I installed the electric motor into its mount, and also screwed in the magnetic switch. The mount seems to work! Take that year 7 woodworking!!

Over the weekend I glued in some small pieces of wood to create a bullpen for the power supply. Today I was able to get the power supply put in there and wired up to the end of an extension chord that I dismembered.

To test the output voltage (24V) I wired it up to the counter. It worked! The counter lit up with 000000. I couldn't resist then hooking my magnetic switch up to the counter as well. Hmm no counting? Turns out you also need to supply a voltage to the switch so that the counter is actually receiving a signal with each blip. Doh! Idiot. A couple more wires later and success!! Now the power supply is humming and she's counting quite happily.

Next step is to get the electric motor controller connected to the power and to the motor to test the forward, backwards and speed controls. Fun, fun!

cheers,
Gav.

[dingobass]

In the Stewmac trade secrets section there is a tute on magnetising your new pickup pole pieces.
Its dead easy! Just need two rare earth magnets, a vice and polarity testing thingy and away ya go

[stan]

looking good Gav, you'll have my custom pickups done in no time....

[keloooe]

Still waiting on a set of Strat pups Gav!

[gavinturner]

@stan, @callum, as soon as I know what I'm doing I'll wind you a set .

cheers,
Gav.