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My never ending questions.
On one of the site sites Visit I could swear they are using a bobbin for fender single coil pickups instead of two pieces of flat work. maybe I am missing something or it just looks that way.
Even though Flatwork and Bobbins seems like the cheapest part of pickup I find it the most confusing part of what should I do about them.
First a bobbin is under $2 in quantity more like $1 through a retailer with discounts. The flatwork can be bought in huge plywood sized sheets for about $170 at .062, Haven't priced out the next larger Strat size base. I guess if I made my own flatwork it would cost pennies for each piece.
I can see that the bobbins may be metric which may not be such a big deal since slugs and the additional hardware is also on the low end.
Flatwork in metric is a pain because 5mm vs 3/16 inch Al5 magnets may be more difficult to find and any Guitar labeled (cut for use in instruments) parts are expensive.
Making quantities of flat work without killing yourself would be my question. Figure I have every tool known to man plus a small CNC mill. The issue with using a mill is holding stock. If I could cut it out of a large sheet it would work but the mill is very small (Mini mill). I had thoughts of just drilling two holes and then bolt together a stack finish drilling the holes and pattern route the shape.
I can see the pricing on SM's flatwork sheets are very expensive.
I guess my question would be two fold, buy or make the flatwork and would you know of a magnet dealer who sells 5MM sizes for single coils?
The other question is their a bobbin manufacturer who will sell in bulk rather than a going through a discounted retailer. Or a flatwork wholesaler who has the capacity to sell in quantity?
MY main point is sometimes time is more valuable than doing it on the cheap, but in this case it brings up a whole host of issues.
On one of the site sites Visit I could swear they are using a bobbin for fender single coil pickups instead of two pieces of flat work. maybe I am missing something or it just looks that way.
Even though Flatwork and Bobbins seems like the cheapest part of pickup I find it the most confusing part of what should I do about them.
First a bobbin is under $2 in quantity more like $1 through a retailer with discounts. The flatwork can be bought in huge plywood sized sheets for about $170 at .062, Haven't priced out the next larger Strat size base. I guess if I made my own flatwork it would cost pennies for each piece.
I can see that the bobbins may be metric which may not be such a big deal since slugs and the additional hardware is also on the low end.
Flatwork in metric is a pain because 5mm vs 3/16 inch Al5 magnets may be more difficult to find and any Guitar labeled (cut for use in instruments) parts are expensive.
Making quantities of flat work without killing yourself would be my question. Figure I have every tool known to man plus a small CNC mill. The issue with using a mill is holding stock. If I could cut it out of a large sheet it would work but the mill is very small (Mini mill). I had thoughts of just drilling two holes and then bolt together a stack finish drilling the holes and pattern route the shape.
I can see the pricing on SM's flatwork sheets are very expensive.
I guess my question would be two fold, buy or make the flatwork and would you know of a magnet dealer who sells 5MM sizes for single coils?
The other question is their a bobbin manufacturer who will sell in bulk rather than a going through a discounted retailer. Or a flatwork wholesaler who has the capacity to sell in quantity?
MY main point is sometimes time is more valuable than doing it on the cheap, but in this case it brings up a whole host of issues.
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