I'm sure others must have jigs or tricks that they do to wind pickups. This is a jig I made to let me drive humbucker pole screws in straight with a cordless drill without tapping and without nicking the bobbin. I'm probably not the only one who thought of this but for me it was a eureka moment.
Here is what you do. You drill out 4 dummy bobbins to the head size of the fillister screw. Then mount rods through the base plate mounting screw holes and drive them into the wood block. Drill some holes for them to fit in the block first. Also trim the ends off the dummy bobbin that your wound bobbin will sit on. Then stack everything up tightly and drop a screw in each hole. Remove the top dummy bobbin when the drill bit can't go further. Then go the rest of the way. No tapping and no chance of nicking the bobbin. Plus it is quick.
I would love to see or hear about any other tricks that can speed up the making of pickups. Lets face it the finished product is cool but if you are making more than a few pickups the zen aspect of assembly can quickly turn into a tedious exercise.
Here is what you do. You drill out 4 dummy bobbins to the head size of the fillister screw. Then mount rods through the base plate mounting screw holes and drive them into the wood block. Drill some holes for them to fit in the block first. Also trim the ends off the dummy bobbin that your wound bobbin will sit on. Then stack everything up tightly and drop a screw in each hole. Remove the top dummy bobbin when the drill bit can't go further. Then go the rest of the way. No tapping and no chance of nicking the bobbin. Plus it is quick.
I would love to see or hear about any other tricks that can speed up the making of pickups. Lets face it the finished product is cool but if you are making more than a few pickups the zen aspect of assembly can quickly turn into a tedious exercise.
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