strat pickup jig

[RedHouse]

... the trick is to will the magnet to go in straight- make the tools and materials do what you intend. its that simple...

Too funny "Use the Force Luke, ...use the Force"

[jason lollar]

the farce puke- the farce, using methods of the dark side. Serious though it really seems that way- try it

[RedHouse]

"These are not the pickups you are looking for"

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

Ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match for a good fuzz box at your side, kid.

(wow, it is getting REALLY nerdy in here)

[RedHouse]

“hmm, named must your pickup be before assemble it you can.”
..."The cheap-covers cloud everything, impossible to hear good tone it is"
...“Around the flatwork a perimeter create”
..."mind what you have learned, save your tone it can.”

[kayakerca]

Shop pickup bobbin assembly tools. . .

So my wife thinks I sit at home all day and get stoned on lacquer fumes, cause when she gets home at night she almost passes out from the lacquer smell from the bobbins I lacquered (dipped) that morning. She wants me to lacquer them outside. But this is Canada and it's cold outside here this time of year! So. . . I fabricated a homemade fume hood out of the bottom half a light gauge plastic garbage can, an old metal frame rig that was lying around and hooked it all up to the good ole central vac system that vents into the garage! Works perfect.

Also finished up the Strat bobbin assembly jig. The bottom half is the spacer (.7/16" in this case) held together by two cap head screws and the top is a matching top flatwork press jig. The 2 brass pins line up the 2 aluminum jig pieces and the 1 ton arbor press presses the top flatwork on perfectly. It also works great! It was a good day for adding shop tools.

[ken]

So. . . I fabricated a homemade fume hood out of the bottom half a light gauge plastic garbage can, an old metal frame rig that was lying around and hooked it all up to the good ole central vac system that vents into the garage! Works perfect.

The loud BOOM you just heard was your vac blowing through the side of the garage in its way into orbit.

I have an arbor press for assembling bobbins too. IMO a hammer just doesn't have enough oomph to assemble pickups with the accuracy and stability I need.

“hmm, named must your pickup be before assemble it you can.”
..."The cheap-covers cloud everything, impossible to hear good tone it is"
...“Around the flatwork a perimeter create”
..."mind what you have learned, save your tone it can.”

Tone is, or is not.

ken

[kayakerca]

The loud BOOM you just heard was your vac blowing through the side of the garage in its way into orbit.



Tone is, or is not.

ken

Apparently there is a "Myth Busters" episode that has debunked that concern (the shop vac and gasoline fume version anyway).

[ken]

The guy from Mythbusters never saw my shopvac...

Every time I turned it on I got sparks from the top vent holes. When I took it apart to fix the motor, the armature was falling apart. That Christmas the present to myself was a new shopvac.

ken

[David Schwab]

Apparently there is a "Myth Busters" episode that has debunked that concern (the shop vac and gasoline fume version anyway).

Oh no, a woodworking shop dust collection system can absolutely explode due to static charge igniting the wood dust. This is why they run ground wires in the plastic duct work.

It's happened to people, which is why it's a concern. It wasn't just made up.

[big_teee]

Oh no, a woodworking shop dust collection system can absolutely explode due to static charge igniting the wood dust. This is why they run ground wires in the plastic duct work.
It's happened to people, which is why it's a concern. It wasn't just made up.

Feed mills have that problem in Silos too.
The grain when it is Augered creats a Dust, and is very explosive.
Can be disasterous.
T

[David Schwab]

Feed mills have that problem in Silos too.
The grain when it is Augered creats a Dust, and is very explosive.
Can be disasterous.
T

Yep. Flour can do the same thing at home.

[John_H]

I'm still using my plastic clothespin. Those fancy jigs have no mojo whatsoever.

[kayakerca]

Oh no, a woodworking shop dust collection system can absolutely explode due to static charge igniting the wood dust. This is why they run ground wires in the plastic duct work.

It's happened to people, which is why it's a concern. It wasn't just made up.

Agreed David. That's why my shop dust collection system has a bare wire down the inside of the entire system and grounded to the copper plumbing. The fume hood attached to the central vac (household vacuuming system) is a little different as there is no sawdust or whatever brushing along the inside of the plastic piping creating a static charge. That's what the Myth Busters episode was about, a stand alone shop vacuum and a gasoline can. Fumes and motor. They were looking to see if the motor was sufficiently isolated from the fumes being sucked into the holding canister.

All that said, if my fume hood blows up the household central vacuum located in the garage, I'll definitely post pictures!

[kayakerca]

I'm still using my plastic clothespin. Those fancy jigs have no mojo whatsoever.

Ah, but the jigs are cool! That one of mine above is exactly 7/16" +/- .0001. No messing around with blood blisters on my left thumb from the brass hammer!