Making a winder

[Natman]

Hi all, I have decided to start the ghetto-winnder. I dismantled a cordless screwdriver and I bought a cool little counter. Thing is, I can't figure out how to wire up the counter. It only says "48 VDC" and has 2 terminals. What would one need to make it count up by 1? (I've seen a bunch of home winder sites I just don't see specifics on how to make on of these work)

Thanks if you cna help!

 

[cream123]

Re: Making a winder

Check this out

 

[UfoPilot]

Re: Making a winder

Hi all, I have decided to start the ghetto-winnder. I dismantled a cordless screwdriver and I bought a cool little counter. Thing is, I can't figure out how to wire up the counter. It only says "48 VDC" and has 2 terminals. What would one need to make it count up by 1? (I've seen a bunch of home winder sites I just don't see specifics on how to make on of these work)

Thanks if you cna help!

It depends on the counter, they all work differently.

 

[K.E.B.]

Re: Making a winder

Hi all, I have decided to start the ghetto-winnder. I dismantled a cordless screwdriver and I bought a cool little counter. Thing is, I can't figure out how to wire up the counter. It only says "48 VDC" and has 2 terminals. What would one need to make it count up by 1? (I've seen a bunch of home winder sites I just don't see specifics on how to make on of these work)

Thanks if you cna help!

I'm wondering if a cordless screwdriver is going to cut it. I've wound pickups before and the machine spins extremely fast. I'm curious. What gives you the impression a screwdriver will give good results.

 

[Natman]

Re: Making a winder

Because it's all have. I sure ain't dishing out $350 for the Schatten winder at Stew Mac! In the link cream123 provided, a guy uses a hand drill and I've seen a couple other homemade ones that use a cordless drill. My screwdriver's a bit slower than a cordless drill, but definitely faster than a hand drill. So all that remains is to rig up a counter. Alternatively I might try to weigh the pickup to get an idea of how much wire is on there, but even then it will take practice. At least there are published accounts of how many turns on vintage style pickups! Those are better guidelines for a beginner like me. So that's where I'm at. I just need to figure out my little $4 counter and set up a wire guide contraption. Got my #42 wire and plenty of different magnets, bobbins are simple enough to make out of scrap plastic...