handwinding: the variables are...?!

[David Schwab]

Tension will make the coil tighter and smaller, or larger and looser. A larger coil might sound a little fuller, but you don't want it too lose. If you wind too tight, the wire can stretch and raise the resistance of the wire.

[LtKojak]

handwinding: the variables are...?

... many...?

[MrCandy]

First of all, as far as this is my first post, i would like to say hallo to everybody and to say that i've been reading this forum for a long time.
I've just started to wind pickups (strat single coils only up to now), i wound a couple of sets up to now, what i would like to know is: once materials have been defined i.e: alnico V beveled poles and AWG42 Formvar wire (from mojotone), what's left to improve or just to change the sound of pickups?
of course number of windings shall have the effect we all know, but once the number of windings have been fixed (or the DC resistance has been fixed), is there anything else that might affect the sound?
I am winding coils on a home made winding machin that only allows me to count the number of coils, the wire is hand guided; is there any space to experiment with the same materials and the same number of turns? up to now i've been scatterwinding (or better delirious-wound i should say) and obtained a certain tone, trying to have a constant TPL (hand guided, obiously) might lead to a consistend change in the sound of the pickups?
Just to make an example, the first set i've wound (6,3 k - 6,4k - 6,7k) had a nice sound but a bit to rich in treable (most probably it is also a problem of height adjustment: they're set a bit too high....maybe...) is there any way, keeping the same materials and dc resistance, to obtain a smoother sound (less treble and more mids)?
i apologize for the huge number of questions!!
Before i started winding i really toght i've read enough....i was definetly wrong!

Hi Corcia
You can find answers to some of your questions here:
Our youtube channel(video experiments on topic)
Our blog(detailed experiments with description)
Also please read our topics on this forum, all of them are about your questions one way on another.

[David Schwab]

handwinding: the variables are...?

... many...?

Actually, winding in general. I find hand winding to be pretty consistent though.