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Comment by Denis U on September 8, 2017 at 12:36am

I'm getting there with my build of one of these.

I gave up trying to get a drill - tried one but it was geared up to the max with all sorts of things that meant it was impossible (for me at least) to get the motor shaft linked to the chuck.

Then I saw one of these on Ebay. It came this morning and I wired it up to the speed controller and the counter to check if out. Works well.

Comment by William Chrapcynski on August 2, 2017 at 3:29am

I'm actually going to revisit my pickup winder after I realized that I do indeed have an old drill (a very cheap one at that) how's battery pack no longer holds a charge. While those battery packs can be repaired, I opted to just pull out the motor and I'm going to use it for my pickup winder since it should provide me with a faster motor than the stepper motor I'm using now. Like last time, though, I'll be using an Arduino to control the speed of motor and I'm going to see if I can add a counter on it this time around.

Comment by Denis U on August 2, 2017 at 3:06am

Thanks Clark,

I love this. It meets all the right criteria, simple cheap and effective. I now regret throwing away my very old drill last month because I couldn't get any batteries for it.

Have you had time to try it out yet? Does it work for you as you'd hoped?

Denis

Comment by Clark Rowden on July 27, 2017 at 12:34pm

William, that was pretty clever using a thread spool for a bobbin and a pill case for a cover.

bigmcgiv, my phone is just a el cheapo LG Reble Tracfone so the video would be terrible. My nephew has an iPhone 7 but I only see him 2-3 times a week (and he lives here) but I would have to remember - which is a bigger problem...

Skeesix, I haven't started winding yet. I'm hoping the ergonomics will be OK, seems like it might be better, maybe...

Comment by William Chrapcynski on July 27, 2017 at 11:49am

I need t revisit the pickup index I made I orionally used a stepper motor but it really isn't fast enough. I do have an old cordless drill that I can grab th motor out of, though. https://youtu.be/vTMBrJm8Ers

Comment by bigmcgiv on July 27, 2017 at 7:21am

need a video of this in action

Comment by Skeesix on July 27, 2017 at 5:35am

Good job!

It took me awhile to realize you meant you propped up the entire platform with a board on the front edge to get a good viewing angle for the counter - a creative and simple solution, assuming it doesn't impact the ergonomics of holding the magnet wire. 

I put my counter on a separate stand and angled that. 

Comment by Clark Rowden on July 26, 2017 at 3:25pm

On second thought, changing out the switch would be a bad idea because the speed control needs the correct polarization. I would have to add a switch after the speed control and before the motor. There is already a spare hole on the face where I omitted an LED because it was blinding me.

Comment by Clark Rowden on July 26, 2017 at 3:16pm

Thanks Darryl, I did consider making it reversible but I didn't have the necessary DPDT ON-OFF-ON switch and that is all it would take -switching out the switch. I put that on my list for my next order from Tayda but I won't make an order until I have a considerable list going. Tayda has no minimum order but I like to make it worth their while.

Comment by darryl kernaghan on July 26, 2017 at 3:05pm

Great job Clark, very tidy, the eyesight problem is real, any help in that is valuable and good for soldering in front of as well, did you consider making it reversable as well?