Call Me Crazy: Cheap Winder Build

Cadorman

Cadorman

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I've always loved magnets, copper wire and high voltage. I remember having one of those electric motor learning kits where you wind the coils and build a nine volt electric motor when I was a kid.
Needless to say, I have been contemplating building pickups for quite a while now. 3/4 of my guitars don't have stock pups anymore and I am starting by swapping the A5 magnets for A2s in the BB 61s that came in my SG that I don't really care for.
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Then I am going to start building from scratch and see what I can come up with.
I need a winder. I don't want to spend much on it. What can I use?
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This should do. Both batteries are dead and too much money to replace. Plus I have another one at the cabin if I need it.
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How perfect is this? I am going to run this bad boy from an old model train controller I have that has a very precise speed control, direction and even momentum if you want a gradual start and a brake switch if you want to temporarily slow down a bit. Now I just have to construct some kind of base for it with a wire guide. I will post more as I get going.
 
Cadorman said:
I've always loved magnets, copper wire and high voltage. I remember having one of those electric motor learning kits where you wind the coils and build a nine volt electric motor when I was a kid.
Needless to say, I have been contemplating building pickups for quite a while now. 3/4 of my guitars don't have stock pups anymore and I am starting by swapping the A5 magnets for A2s in the BB 61s that came in my SG that I don't really care for.
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Then I am going to start building from scratch and see what I can come up with.
I need a winder. I don't want to spend much on it. What can I use?
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This should do. Both batteries are dead and too much money to replace. Plus I have another one at the cabin if I need it.
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How perfect is this? I am going to run this bad boy from an old model train controller I have that has a very precise speed control, direction and even momentum if you want a gradual start and a brake switch if you want to temporarily slow down a bit. Now I just have to construct some kind of base for it with a wire guide. I will post more as I get going.
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This is a badazz project with some good valid ingenuity! Full speed, Bro... :cheers:
 
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The plan is starting to come together. I'm going up north tomorrow morning, so I should be able to get this finished up soon. Yes, I have more tools and material at the cabin than I do at the house.

Anyway, I have zip tied the drill motor to the box in 3 locations. 2 over the motor and 1 over the transmission. It's not a super solid joint between the two, so I will stabilize the front end with a couple of big screws in a V. The box will mount to a piece of table top MDF and I will build up some plywood to attach that big bolt to. Then the 2 little screws in the bobbin will go through the plywood and there you have it. That's a bunch of old bike computers that I am thawing out. If I can get one working I can use it to monitor RPM and then just wind based on time instead of counting turns. So far I have purchased zip ties and a bottle of Elmer's glue. Less than $5 spent. More to follow.
 
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This is now the power supply. 10 amps at 22 volts. Has it's own cooling fan.

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This is the receiver. It plugs in between the power supply and the motor.

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And the transmitter. Full control of direction and speed. This even has pulse width control to keep the motor operating smoothly at low rpms. And when I'm not winding pickups there's only 2 screws to mess with to hook up the train. It's a multi-tasker! I love Alton Brown.
 
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