Make a hand powered pickup winder
Posted August 30th, 2008 by guitar-list
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This is a clever DIY pickup winder design by Niels Kaagaard. It uses a fishing reel to spin the bobbin. It is hand powered, so carbon emissions are limited to your exhaled breath as you wind it furiously.
It's missing a traverse mechanism at the moment, however, you can see that the wire is not layed down evenly. I would run a belt from the reel to power a cam traversing mechanism.
It works !
In the first few attempts, the Wire was a bit un-even.
I have winded three pickups on the Rig now and adjusted the tension a bit. I am able to wind 7000 turns in about an Hour or so and with a little care it becomes much more even.
I just didn´t see any reason to make a complicated, motorized Winder when all I need is a few Pickups now and then.
- Niels Kaagaard
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