Mitch72

good drawing! what program did u use to draw it in? (i'd like the dxf too please, if possible )

I was wondering about sheilding paint when i was sheilding my guitar... does anyone know of any way you could make your own? I'd imagine that you'd just have to get very very fine shards of metal and mix them with the paint (or melt it down somehow... dunno bout that...). It'd probably look pretty bad... but doesn't really have to look good 'cos it's in the control recess (i guess...) Cya Mitch

hey Sabu2k1 i dunno about the LED's blowing without resistors (i don't really know much about them)... but a link anyway (Scroll down to the "parallel" section) i just found it by googling "leds wired parallel"... there's heaps there... Cya Mitch

^If your tensioning by hand, do you just pinch the wire with felt, like what would happen with the bolt/wingnut/washer? I'm sure i've heard of it being done before... just dunno... I'm making (just need to clean it up a bit, add supports to secure it, etc...) a guide to stop it going off the bobbin. It's basically just a "U" kind of shape: http://images6.theimagehosting.com/IMGP0218-P66.JPG (The flash kinda mucked it up a bit... part of it looks like it's missing... its just a bit bent and went dark... :S) I like the idea of the powered guides on there, don't think I'm up to that yet though . I might have a look at it and see if I can make mine manually adjustable... it should be ok as it is though. Cya's Mitch

Thanks for all the info guys, greatly appreicated to ToneMonkey: I've decided to see if i can mount a wooden "base plate" to the shaft via a grub screw (dunno how yet though... might have to somehow use a self-tapping screw...), where the bobbin will be either bolted/screwed on, or stuck on with double sided sticky tape as you have suggested. I had thought about the sticky tape awhile ago, and was wondering how fast would the motor be able to go? Im not going to be winding fast, i just... want to make sure it won't fall off halfway through to Phil: im still scatterwinding it by hand, im just using a motor instead of winding it "manually" with a hand drill. and to psw: Yeah, i was thinkin of using a calculator to count the winds: Counter (basically a calculator with a reed switch hooked up to press the = button) at least untill i get a better idea... unless this one's fast enough to keep up with the counts

nah in Australia thanks for the offer though i'm planning on scatterwinding it too... i just don't know how to mount the actual pickup onto the motor...

I have just recently thought about winding my own pickups. I have found an old sewing mahcine motor (and pedal), and i was just wondering... how do you attach the actual bobbin to the shaft? Pics available here: Motor Shaft The shaft is approx. 5-6mm in diametre I was thinking of attaching a small tapered chuck (like a small drill chuck, but with a taper instead of a thread), making a wooden plate to mount the bobbin on, then attaching the block to the chuck via a bolt. Thanks for any help!