Stacked Single Coil Sized Humbucker

[big_teee]

Here's an interesting design.
I think the magnets are in the middle.
This one, said was for an accoustic.

T

[Mark Hammer]

Curses, foiled again!!

[nickc35]

Here's an interesting design.
I think the magnets are in the middle.
This one, said was for an accoustic.
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T

Berry intaresting......looks like some proprietary injection molded plastic parts there though. Who is the manufacturer?

[nickc35]

Okay, I have my bobbin built. I used threaded steel spacers and 1" long set screws to meet the adjustable pole piece requirement. Now I have another question. I looking for suggestions on how to solder up the magnet wire and lead wires. I used Strat single-coil flatwork with an extra top piece to separate the two coils. Which coil should I wind first? And then how should I connect the two coils? I know finish wire to finish (I'll wind both coils in the same direction) but should I solder hook-up wire (28 gauge stranded) to both starts and finishes? I'm just having trouble figuring out the placement of the wires to connect the 2 coils.

[copperheadroads]

solder 28 gauge lead wires to your magnet wire ,like as in humbuckers & Hold them in place with tape .
I picture of your frame & bobbins would help.
Are you using a standard strat bottom flatwork ?

[nickc35]

solder 28 gauge lead wires to your magnet wire ,like as in humbuckers & Hold them in place with tape .
I picture of your frame & bobbins would help.
Are you using a standard strat bottom flatwork ?

Okay, I think I can picture how that would work in my head. Thanks.

Yes, I used standard Strat bottom work, but I have brass eyelets and I can just drill a couple more holes. Originally I wasn't thinking about using 4-conductor lead wire. But if I think of it with 4 conductor wire, it starts to make more sense to me as how the wire will sit on it.

Oh okay, I'll crack out the camera an post a pic or 2

[nickc35]

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What am I doing wrong that half the time when I post a reply it gets double posted? I don't consider myself technology challenged either.

[nickc35]

Here you go. Since the threaded spacers are such a large diameter, I will definitely be using 43 gauge magnet wire to wind it.

[copperheadroads]

Add you eyelets in this fashion
http://www.mojotone.com/flatwork-bla...om-2115484.jpg
You only need one eyelet but with 2 eyelets you if you wire it wrong it's easy fix

[nickc35]

Thanks for help copper!

[big_teee]

Here you go. Since the threaded spacers are such a large diameter, I will definitely be using 43 gauge magnet wire to wind it.

Hey Nick:
Was wondering how this project turned out?
Very nice looking Bobbin.
T

[nickc35]

Thanks for your interest T. But I got side-tracked and had to make several pickups for someone else. I hope to get to it this weekend sometime. I'll be sure to post when I get to it.

[David Schwab]

Here you go. Since the threaded spacers are such a large diameter, I will definitely be using 43 gauge magnet wire to wind it.

Are those steel spacers, or aluminum? If they are steel, you should get longer ones so the magnets can touch the sides of them. As it is now, if you raise a pole piece it will get farther away from the magnet.

[nickc35]

Are those steel spacers, or aluminum? If they are steel, you should get longer ones so the magnets can touch the sides of them. As it is now, if you raise a pole piece it will get farther away from the magnet.

They're steel. The steel set screws stick out the bottom of the spacers about 3/16" while still sticking out of the top about 3/32". So realistically I have only about an 1/8" of adjustability. The set screws are 1-1/8" long. I will probably just get longer set screws so I can have more adjustability.

[David Schwab]

They're steel. The steel set screws stick out the bottom of the spacers about 3/16" while still sticking out of the top about 3/32". So realistically I have only about an 1/8" of adjustability. The set screws are 1-1/8" long. I will probably just get longer set screws so I can have more adjustability.

OK, that makes more sense. With the steel inserts it doesn't matter how long the set screws are.

That's kind of like the G&L MFD pickups.