Anyone here make their own jigs for pickups

[madialex]

I am looking for someone who makes or has made their own bobbin holding jigs for their winder. Something to hold the bobbin true while winding. I have seen a post or 2 here about it and someone actually was selling them but I can't find it now. Thanks!

[jonson]

I think you will find it is Bruce Johnson who will do that for you.

[Bruce Johnson]

Yep, that's probably me that you are thinking of. I'm certainly not the only one who's made my own specialized face plates and bobbin holding hardware, but I have offered my services to other winders. I don't have any standard off-the-shelf parts, but I have my own fairly complete machine shop and can make up what you need. I generally charge $25/hr for custom machined parts as long as you're not in a super-duper hurry.

Here's a link to a series of pages from my own site, showing my whole process of pickup making. You'll see the techniques I use for mounting my own bobbins. But there are many other ways, and I encourage you to figure out what would work best for you.

Building Scroll Basses- Pickups 1

This is probably the thread that you remember, where we talked about face plates, and I ended up making up a custom face plate for Nate (888guitars):

I need a better way to hold the bobbin