guitar pickup winder

[PlatypusVomit]

That's brilliant. So simple. Thanks!

[MrDarinWarren]

Well done.

[guitarherorawks20]

Hahaha that's amazing!!

[cast390]

Awesome,....You're a fucking genius

[rokinrandy]

Even if I did rig this up I still would not know how to do this..I don't even see a counter function on the ms calculator on my computer..This is very puzzling..I wish you had an article on this because I want to do this..Great job

[coconuts8866]

how didi you tied up the bobbin to the wood?

[Splundo]

@coconuts8866 just a small drop of hot glue, gently ease

it off with a screwdriver when its finished.

[ddavis510]

@Splundo

I use double sided carpet tape. Its great!

[JPM100P3]

Brilliant! excellent! is a great Idea! I'll apply something like this on my own project!

[ESPRITCAM5AXIS]

how do you tie that to Windows calculator though?

[piercelvr]

@ESPRITCAM5AXIS It's the mouse! He just has the cursor on the "="

Brilliant!

[Arcenicum]

How does the counter part on the drill itself work? It seems to me like two parallel pieces of wire are dragged over the cylinder. The cylinder has tape over it except for a little tripe, were it has aluminum foil. When the aluminum side faces up, both wires touch it, so the cycle is complete.

Is this right or have I just designed another counting mechanism?

[Splundo]

The two brass rods are about 1mm apart, there is a small piece of metal taped to the chuck of the drill, effectively acting as a cam to close the gap between the two brass strips and create an electrical contact.

[godblesstexas]

Brilliant!

[bignaughtydog]

i noticed that the flatwork wobbles.how do you get round snagging the wire on the outside of the flatwork?

[coachz44]

SO ghetto! but so awesome!

[michelterres]

wow, thats great, nice job

[SearcySW]

Damn....that's cool!

[bigjeffhowdy]

hahaha. I laughed like a mad man when I realized what you were doing. As the camera panned across, I expected to see some really complicated software/hardware interface. This is BRILLIANT!!!!!, cheap, and exactly what I need. great job!

[bazytherapper]

this is really clever man.congratulations :) !

I was actually thinking right now how would I make a counter, and I ran across your video :)

thank you very much for posting this.

gotta give you 5 stars :)

[Solderjointx]

Hahaha awesome idea! I guess if you need a cheap counter this is the way to go haha! Great job!

[isaacharvey]

hahaha clever cookie :)

[soulcutterx13]

This seems really brilliant to me.

Now for the sad part. I feel really stupid. What's the mechanism for closing the circuit every turn? I know, it had something to do with the wires, but I really can't figure out much more.

[Splundo]

The mechanism is simply 2 small brass tubes set with a small gap between them. As the drill chuck rotates there is a small piece of wood taped to it that hits one of the tubes causing it to contact with its neighbour, similar idea to old cars that use cam operated "points". I would recomend using something more reliable like a micro switch.

[PartScavenger]

You so rock. :D  From another hacker, that was impressive.

[sirgerry]

great!

[peskywinnets]

Brilliant!