John_H
05-16-2007, 03:27 AM
First of all thanks to all of you that have shared your knowledge, and experience on these forums. Reading the threads inspired me to wind my own pickups.
I looked at quite a few different winder designs before I built this one. It's my first attempt at one of these. The mainshaft is driven by a roller on to the 5" wheel on the right side, which in turn drives the other 5" wheel at a 10/1 ratio to the mainshaft for the counter. It only counts every tenth turn. Single turns I can mark on the counter wheel itself. I did this to keep the cyclic rate down low enough to use a cheap proximity switch. The counter itself I made out of a pedometer. They have a small inertia switch inside which triggers the counter. I removed the switch, and soldered my leads to the contacts. It couldn't have been simpler. So far I've only got about thirty dollars in the project. It seems like it will work well. I can't wait to build some pickups.
I looked at quite a few different winder designs before I built this one. It's my first attempt at one of these. The mainshaft is driven by a roller on to the 5" wheel on the right side, which in turn drives the other 5" wheel at a 10/1 ratio to the mainshaft for the counter. It only counts every tenth turn. Single turns I can mark on the counter wheel itself. I did this to keep the cyclic rate down low enough to use a cheap proximity switch. The counter itself I made out of a pedometer. They have a small inertia switch inside which triggers the counter. I removed the switch, and soldered my leads to the contacts. It couldn't have been simpler. So far I've only got about thirty dollars in the project. It seems like it will work well. I can't wait to build some pickups.