Nice video. Sounds great. I'm convinced now that I don't need to make a pickup winder, I can just use my mini lathe. It has no total revolution counter but it displays rpm, so if I set it at 600rpm and run for 12.5 minutes I should get 7500 give or take a few turns. All I need to make is a guide to limit my sideways movement. I think I can stay awake for 12.5 minutes!
There's no reason why you couldn't use one of those revolution counters like this one ( a.co/d/0DJSebc) with your mini lathe. Good luck with whatever method you use :)
Great video! The sound in the neck pickup is one of the best I´ve ever heard (you know,"everyone hunting for their sound") . Before watching your video I believed getting that full sound needed 42 awg but now I know better thank´s to you! Learning every day,thank you!
thanks Georg....you're kind to say so. You're right...we are all hunting our own tone. I don't think that quest ever ends, right? You should check out my video on firebird style pickups. I think they sound better as a neck pickup than a tele neck pickup! Also 43AWG wire.
I'm trying to build my pickup winding machine and it's good to see your method of working. I think it's an excellent idea to work with Arduino, so I loved the way you perfected your machine. Great job!
Do you have a background in programming and such? or were you able to just figure out the Arduino stuff? I'd love to make a winder with an Arduino UNO, and maybe have a CNC shield for auto traversing but have ZERO Arduino skills and wondering how hard/easy that aspect may be.
I've been writing code for 30 years now, so yes I have a background in that. But the Arduino is extremely easy to code for. Indeed it was designed for non-programmers to use. You can get a cool starter kit for about 50 USD with a load of great lessons. It's a lot of fun.
@@jayytee8062 I am writing the code for the servo to handle the wire traversal automatically. That's the only way to get an orderly wind. No amount of slowing down will work when doing it by hand.
@@hotglassbottles Simon, even better. Maybe a spring loaded tensioner as well.... I've also wanted to make a simular machine for winding fishing line on various sized reel spools. But i can't get my head around the coding aspect. Who knows though with videos like yours i might just dive in! Keep up the awsome work Simon!
@@jayytee8062 I've got a small strain gauge from an electronic scale and I was going to rig that up with another servo to manage tension. Did you see my blog post that talks about the code? It's actually very simple.
Nice video. Sounds great. I'm convinced now that I don't need to make a pickup winder, I can just use my mini lathe. It has no total revolution counter but it displays rpm, so if I set it at 600rpm and run for 12.5 minutes I should get 7500 give or take a few turns. All I need to make is a guide to limit my sideways movement. I think I can stay awake for 12.5 minutes!
There's no reason why you couldn't use one of those revolution counters like this one ( a.co/d/0DJSebc) with your mini lathe.
Good luck with whatever method you use :)
Great video! The sound in the neck pickup is one of the best I´ve ever heard (you know,"everyone hunting for their sound") . Before watching your video I believed getting that full sound needed 42 awg but now I know better thank´s to you! Learning every day,thank you!
thanks Georg....you're kind to say so. You're right...we are all hunting our own tone. I don't think that quest ever ends, right? You should check out my video on firebird style pickups. I think they sound better as a neck pickup than a tele neck pickup! Also 43AWG wire.
This is awesome Simon! The guitar sounds fantastic. It really pushes the point that you can make a great sounding parts guitar.
Thank you so much for saying so!
I'm trying to build my pickup winding machine and it's good to see your method of working. I think it's an excellent idea to work with Arduino, so I loved the way you perfected your machine. Great job!
Thank you very much for saying so. How is your machine coming along?
pickups sound great, and nice bends! keep these coming
Thank you!
Do you have a background in programming and such? or were you able to just figure out the Arduino stuff? I'd love to make a winder with an Arduino UNO, and maybe have a CNC shield for auto traversing but have ZERO Arduino skills and wondering how hard/easy that aspect may be.
I've been writing code for 30 years now, so yes I have a background in that. But the Arduino is extremely easy to code for. Indeed it was designed for non-programmers to use. You can get a cool starter kit for about 50 USD with a load of great lessons. It's a lot of fun.
They sound great. The bridge sound is really cool. What K ohms did the bridge end up at? Alnico 5 mags?
Yes, Alnico 5 magnets. The bridge pickup ended up a hefty 10.3k as I used 43AWG wire.
thank you
You're welcome
Hi, are you using 43awg for neck and bridge in this video? Thanks
I checked my notes and I used 42AWG for the bridge pickup, and 43AWG for the neck.
Did u check the poles of your magnets ?
Yes, absolutely. I have not gone for reverse-wound, reverse-pole in this guitar. So they are both the same magnetic orientation.
Definately need to slow down the spin speed.
But great gizmo all the same.
The current RPM is about 800 so it's already quite slow. What speed would you recommend?
@@hotglassbottles
I would at least halve it or slow it down enough to get a neat uniform result.
It just looks a tad too fast from the video.
@@jayytee8062 I am writing the code for the servo to handle the wire traversal automatically. That's the only way to get an orderly wind. No amount of slowing down will work when doing it by hand.
@@hotglassbottles
Simon, even better.
Maybe a spring loaded tensioner as well....
I've also wanted to make a simular machine for winding fishing line on various sized reel spools.
But i can't get my head around the coding aspect.
Who knows though with videos like yours i might just dive in!
Keep up the awsome work Simon!
@@jayytee8062 I've got a small strain gauge from an electronic scale and I was going to rig that up with another servo to manage tension. Did you see my blog post that talks about the code? It's actually very simple.