Rolling my own

[JB_From_Hell]

The bridge pickup in my Tex Mex set is dead. Rather than go through a bunch of hassle returning a used pickup, I think I’d rather try rewinding it.

I saw some cool setups with a drill as the winder. Anybody have any other recommendations? Needs to be as little $ as possible.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Rolling my own

never tried a drill but i think it would be hard to control the speed. do you have magnet wire layin around?

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Rolling my own

No wire, but I do have a handful of dead pickups, so I’m not opposed to buying a spool.

I also have a Dremel tool that I can adjust to whatever rpm, might be a little better than the drill.

 

[larryguitar]

Re: Rolling my own

No wire, but I do have a handful of dead pickups, so I’m not opposed to buying a spool.

I also have a Dremel tool that I can adjust to whatever rpm, might be a little better than the drill.

The issue with the Dremel will be mounting it in a way that allows you to accurately wind the a coil. A drill can work (I've done SC's on one), if you can mount it steadily enough to guide the wire accurately onto the flatwork or bobbin.

Larry

 

[AniML]

Re: Rolling my own

I was winding on a drill several years back. It had a trigger lock and screw to adjust speed. I made a jig out of wood and bolts that held the bobbin. I rigged up a reed switch with a passing magnet on the jig as an approximate counter. It worked but was very crude. I wound quite a few failures but kept a couple covered A4 humbuckers that I will one day pop into a guitar to try out again

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Rolling my own

Try reflowing the solder on the eyelets. That’s often the problem.

Winding pickups isn’t that hard, but you will break a lot of wire until you get the feel of it.


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[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Rolling my own

^ Thanks!