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Guitar pickup winder with auto-transverse wire feed

Posted by Elmar Zeilhofer on October 17, 2013 at 3:35pm

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www.original-flatpup.com - After more than 800 handmade pickups the automatic wire feed is a big step ahead: Gear drive of a dumped printer * especially shaped cam drive disc * adjustable winding range by shifting the eyelet back/forth * string tensioner from 2 clothes pins and a piece of cloth

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Slowpaw Steve T October 21, 2013 at 5:06pm

amazing machinery for the production of Flatpups! (-:
Steve Mattox October 19, 2013 at 1:16am

GREAT ELMAR................

HOW MUCH ARE THE PICKUPS ?
Elmar Zeilhofer October 18, 2013 at 12:27pm

... there's yet more to tinker: The next goal is to preset the amount of windings and let it roll by itself. Till the hacked display stops at zero.... let's see if there is such a lo-fi hack
Bad Finger (Eric) October 18, 2013 at 10:39am

Sweet-daddy-dog-hot-shoe-mama-mama-ding-dang-superfied-bona fide-malty-salty-slim-slam-diver-MacGyver!
Al Nelson October 18, 2013 at 9:07am

That's cool. My winder is based on the lollar design. I don't have a traverse yet, and I still tension by hand. I need to get that figured out because if your fingers get a bit sweaty, it messes with the tension. Even if you put powder on your fingers. Atmospheric conditions rule from day to day of course.
Uncle John October 18, 2013 at 7:16am

I think my Elmar is the best pickup I have ever heard.
Wade October 17, 2013 at 9:55pm

Awesome! Reminds me of something made from "Back to the Future"!
BUGGY (C) October 17, 2013 at 6:21pm

Genius.!
Stevesteve October 17, 2013 at 5:48pm

It's a thing of mechanical beauty Elmar!

Cheers,

Steve
Elmar Zeilhofer October 17, 2013 at 5:40pm

thanks all :-) The side effect of working in a recycling center is that we can pick out ANYTHING from scratch. Tinkster's Paradise! In case of this winder I used a cordless drill, a printer gear, a wire-clothhanger, cable clamps, the clothe pegs, the backsides of a loudspeaker and a radio, a safety pin, the calculator, two wheels of a cassette player, a 3V power adaptor. Well... ok, I bought the hinge at the hardware store.