Anyone get pickup related presents this year?

[DialtonePickups]

We bought a 3d printer for ourselves, which we've used to print all sorts of pickup parts. And toy trucks for my three-year-old.

[Jazz P Bass]

We bought a 3d printer for ourselves, which we've used to print all sorts of pickup parts. And toy trucks for my three-year-old.

If I may ask, which 3D printer did you get?

[DialtonePickups]

A flash forge creator pro - http://www.amazon.com/FlashForge-Str.../dp/B00I8NM6JO

We are really happy with it so far. I'm not particularly technical (in this way,) but even I could figure out how to use it.

[Jazz P Bass]

Thanks.

[tattoedvoodoo]

I'm trying to figure out a good sturdy single pickup winder build for the fun and to fix an old Ike destroyed humbucker that I want to rebuild. I have always wanted to try to build some pickups the way I want them but never ventured into the realm of pickup making... Since I like the SD JB model pickups that will be the model I want to build first after fixing the damaged pup. This should be fun.

I have been looking at sowing machine motors with a voltage control to make the winder. I have seen a bunch of different builds on Youtube and like some of the different ways guys get creative doing these builds. Here is one below,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfv1Mbzc5zE

Cheers

here is mine, it is pretty crude but it gets the job done. I am just starting also. I researched for a few months before i actually wound anything with wire. as you can see i practiced with fishing line for a while. not quite the same but i think it helped me. it is all painted black now and looks a little better. This motor is a little weak but its getting the job done for now. I think my next winder build will be a wood lathe.

[Jason Rodgers]

A flash forge creator pro - FlashForge 3d Printer Creator Pro, Metal Frame Structure, Acrylic Covers, Optimized Build Platform, Dual Extruder W/2 Spools, Works with ABS and PLA: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

We are really happy with it so far. I'm not particularly technical (in this way,) but even I could figure out how to use it.

Wow, it's absolutely nuts how affordable these things are getting.

[DialtonePickups]

We tried building our own but couldn't get it working correctly, so we ended up buying this: CNC Design Limited - Guitar Pickup Mini Coil Winder

For the longest time, traverse would not work, so we were hand-feeding. We recently fixed it by replacing a circuit board, and now except for minor glitches here and there, it works like a charm.

[DialtonePickups]

Yeah - I'm very confident that within a couple of years, 3d printers will be a routine household item. It is so useful, and relatively inexpensive to produce things we need. For example, I needed stands to hold 12"x12" signs, so I just found a design online and printed eight of them. A huge spool of plastic costs $25, and seems to last forever. Little stands would have been $5 each, and they'd have been hard to find. It's really great for things like that. Less good for items that need fine detail, like the trucks I make for my son. He doesn't seem to care though - as long as it has somewhat discernable wheels he's happy. I'm sure quality will improve over time though.

[tattoedvoodoo]

Nice looking winder, right now it's not in my budget. I would like something like that though. I just started winding. i'm loving it.

[Slobrain]

We tried building our own but couldn't get it working correctly, so we ended up buying this: CNC Design Limited - Guitar Pickup Mini Coil Winder

For the longest time, traverse would not work, so we were hand-feeding. We recently fixed it by replacing a circuit board, and now except for minor glitches here and there, it works like a charm.

That's an awesome looking winder. I would really like to have one but the price tag... yikes... So its still got glitches? I thought these guys would have had all that worked out. The Mojo winder looks really good but expensive too.

I would bet someone with a good winder design could get a Asian manufacturer to make a budget winder that could be sold at $100.00 each retail since these are pretty basic. Heck, the Schatten winder design could be sold that cheap I would think. If Stew mac reduced the price just by $100.00 I bet they would sell more of those winder kits.

Slo

[Slobrain]

here is mine, it is pretty crude but it gets the job done. I am just starting also. I researched for a few months before i actually wound anything with wire. as you can see i practiced with fishing line for a while. not quite the same but i think it helped me. it is all painted black now and looks a little better. This motor is a little weak but its getting the job done for now. I think my next winder build will be a wood lathe. [ATTACH=CONFIG]32299[/ATTACH]

Hey Tat,

I think you did good job on that winder. If it does the job then it serves the purpose intended. I was looking at a fan motor last night that I was thinking about using to do something like yours. I think I'm still going to try to get a old sewing machine to gut parts from to do one if possible. I still need to do lots of research into pickup building before I want to try my hand at making one. I figure once learned I will not have to buy anymore SD's or Dimarzio's ever again. Do my own home brews

Cheers

[StarryNight]

excited about my Syscomp CGM-101! a bit of a rabbit hole though. I fear I might not come out the same on the other end!

[tattoedvoodoo]

Hey Tat,

I think you did good job on that winder. If it does the job then it serves the purpose intended. I was looking at a fan motor last night that I was thinking about using to do something like yours. I think I'm still going to try to get a old sewing machine to gut parts from to do one if possible. I still need to do lots of research into pickup building before I want to try my hand at making one. I figure once learned I will not have to buy anymore SD's or Dimarzio's ever again. Do my own home brews

Cheers

Thank you, it looks better now all painted black
i'm thinking when this dies, i'm going to go with a wood lathe, i saw one built from lathe, looks like it will do the job perfect, i did a bunch of research before actually winding my first pickup. practiced with fishing line but u can only get like 500 turns or so on it if that. i am no pro just a beginner but i def love doing it. i messed up twice now. the first 3 i wound, no problems i think my tension was good, i got a good wrap on them but the next one, i didn't have my wire guide right so about 5500 turns in i noticed the wire overlapped the eyelet and was a little messed up. i tried to turn it backwards to save it but i said the hell with after 3 or 400 turns. now i check it after every 500-1000 turns. but it was my fault for not having my wire guides set up perfect.