picture of my winder

[Mystic]

Made from a Grizzley lathe
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/P2070667.jpg

[David King]

Clean little machine.
Does Harbor Fright make something similar to the Grizz?

[Stan H]

Very cool, Mystic! I'm still using a sewing machine motor. This may be my next investment. Where did you get the traverse end-stops?
i've looked everywhere and can't find them. I actually use rubber grommets ;-)

[Mystic]

Very cool, Mystic! I'm still using a sewing machine motor. This may be my next investment. Where did you get the traverse end-stops?
i've looked everywhere and can't find them. I actually use rubber grommets ;-)
The traverse stops are just collers I got at the hardware store. The only modifications I made were:
1. Added a reverse switch to the motor (works well but I havent used it yet)
2. Added a counter (red lion counter + prox switch trigger)
3. Added the traverse stops (and shaft)
4. replaced the metel bed tubes with shorter plastic ones.
5. made a face plate out of plastic.
6. added a tention clamp and hand rest. (not pictured)
The counter cost more than the lathe.

[Mystic]

Here'a a link to the lathe. http://www.grizzly.com/products/G8690 $143 0 to 3000 r.p.m. The harbour freight lathe isn't variable speed.

[Stan H]

I hate to sound like I'm picking your brain (I am). How did you wire the reverse switch?

[Mystic]

I hate to sound like I'm picking your brain (I am). How did you wire the reverse switch?
The motor is DC. You just reverse the two wires with a switch.

[Mystic]

I'll take more detailed pictures and post them in a few days.

[David Schwab]

Great winder! I was tempted to build one of these. I might still at some point. Looks sturdier than my Schatten winder! :D

[edit: I added a picture of my winder... just in case no one knows what they look like!]

http://sgdlutherie.com/winder/images/DSC01681.jpg

[Stan H]

Here is my humble machine. Homely? Sure, but she gets the job done :)
http://www.has-sound.com/images/Pickup%20Winder.jpg

[ken]

How did you include your photo in the email? When I try, I get HTML code instead.

Thank you,
Ken

[Mystic]

How did you include your photo in the email? When I try, I get HTML code instead.

Thank you,
Ken

I have no idea.

[Mystic]

Counter location
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/counter_location.jpg
completed winder front
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/finished_winder_front.jpg
Motor controll board
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/Motor_controller.jpg
side view
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/P5120968.jpg

[Mystic]

more images
winder insides
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/winder_inside.jpg
tension clamp
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/tention_clamp.jpg
reverse switch wiring
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/UfoPilot/reverse_switch_wiring.jpg

[Stan H]

The traverse stops are just collers I got at the hardware store. The only modifications I made were:
1. Added a reverse switch to the motor (works well but I havent used it yet)
2. Added a counter (red lion counter + prox switch trigger)
3. Added the traverse stops (and shaft)
4. replaced the metel bed tubes with shorter plastic ones.
5. made a face plate out of plastic.
6. added a tention clamp and hand rest. (not pictured)
The counter cost more than the lathe.

Finally got me one! I need to pick your brain a little more...what length did you go with on the bed tubes and where did you find the material for them? I should be zoomin' along before you know it, huh :D

[Mystic]

I got the 8 inch delrin rods for the bed at a local plastics supply place. I've since removed the bed and tailpiece. I only used it for centering the bobbins. I now use a wodden jig that I made for centering the bobbins. I use double sidded foam tape to hold the bobbins to the faceplate.

[Steve A.]

Great winder! I was tempted to build one of these. I might still at some point. Looks sturdier than my Schatten winder! :D

[edit: I added a picture of my winder... just in case no one knows what they look like!]

http://sgdlutherie.com/winder/images/DSC01681.jpg

What your pliers are doing is illegal in 17 states... tell them to get a room!

:eek:

Steve A.

[David Schwab]

What your pliers are doing is illegal in 17 states... tell them to get a room!

:eek:

Steve A.

They're actually my wife's pliers so... ;)

You should have seen them before I pulled the other two off!

[Spence]

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Well here's my prototype which turned out to be so good, it never needed to be developed. It surely isn't complicated but it's turned out so many pickups I've lost count and made me a sack of cash.
Gonna breakdown if it ever dies on me.

[ken]

I have a Cateye just like that ont on my mountain bike. How dis you get it to work as a turn counter?

Ken

[Spence]

Well, I just decided to use it in the absence of any other counter and have just stuck with it. This is what I've done:

I made a mark on the shaft I mount the bobbin on. Then, I set the counter to a 700cm wheel size. Next I turned the marked shaft until the counter read 0.1 Km. This equated to 500 turns give or take a gnat's cock.

This works out suprisingly accurate and so I end up working in Kilometers. The speedo also then reads KMH which is fine because you can vary speed as well.

It would be a pain now to have to change it.

[SK66]

Looks alot like mine LOL!
http://www.ampge.com/SKGS/sk/Images/winder.jpg

[SK66]

BTW, I do use the tailstock. I've made metal plates which fit over the pole pieces to hold the bobbin centered and snug. They also help prevent warpage. I simply glued a couple top plates of forbon (of each pickup style) to the metal plate after opening up the holes slightly and drilled a "center" into the plate for the live end.

[Mystic]

Thats because I coppied yours. :D
Looks alot like mine LOL!
http://www.ampge.com/SKGS/sk/Images/winder.jpg

[ken]

I think I am going to save myself lotsa work and make myself one of those 'Grizzly winders' if I need another one.

Ken