How to Turn a Sewing Machine into a Pickup Winder

With a $6.00 sewing machine, a $12.00 digital counter, and some scrap wood I build a D.I.Y. pickup winder.
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[@OnTheFritz602]

Impressive! Beats spending $500+ at Stew mac!

[@jimjarrel9179]

Great video. I built a similar winder when I first started building pickups about 20 years ago. Then I purchased a Schatten winder, then a Mojo winder, but I always end up back with my sewing machine winder

[@johncroll1467]

I would have never guessed this could work as well as it did! Good work!

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

This video was very helpful. Thanks for making it!

[@timwood6115]

This is a great video. I made a pickup winding machine some time ago, but threw it out when we moved. I am going to use this video as the basis for making another one. One suggestion: instead of guiding the wire with just your hand, consider making a fixed guiding mechanism. Mount a rod horizontally and attach a guide such as the pen cap or a straw.on top of it. Run the wire through a tensioner and then through the guide and onto the pickup. You can move the rod from side to side to guide the wire. You also could use some drill bit caps and springs to help keep the wire from going too far left to right. As good an engineer as you are, you probably could find a better way. Your videos are outstanding.

[@DanieleTurani]

Awesome, man! Can't wait for the pickup winding video :)

[@TMNT39]

I've seen some videos of using a sewing machine for winding but this was super well thought out and implemented! I'm planning to wind some pickups I've been working on soon, so I might have to cannibalize an old sewing machine that's lying around :) Thanks for the idea - and awesome build dude, you earned a sub!

[@eduardo0796]

I wish I was this skilled.

[@itsmewildbill2296]

That was awesome!

[@joechou34]

Great stuff!

[@wrzkace1]

great video!! thank you

[@davidtaylor6124]

Take it apart and get the useful bits out and... that's where it would have ended for me! Well done!

[@ruby2thursday]

superb!

[@robguitarwizard]

Brilliant

[@Servi6]

Magnificent

[@jamescopeland5358]

Good video

[@jayholewinski]

Kick ass bro. Damn. I have an extra sewing machine someone gave me. I was like "why do I want this?" Now I know.

[@MerwinMusic]

Sweet. This or a rotary speaker that I just built: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pISccmmGnayqhKc

[@jayholewinski]

@@MerwinMusic just watched it. I need friends like you. Because I think like you. You are one crafty builder of prototypes...

[@daveg1208]

Being resourceful helps. You got her done, good job. Hey, whatever works brother. Did you break the wire? God bless you brother.

[@gtrboy77]

I’m surprised that you didn’t mount the magnet for the counter on the backside of the plywood plate.

[@stefanomingarelli5198]

Is there a pedsl for the speed control? Many sewing machine have one.

[@mrfrontranger7911]

I THINK ITS FUNNY you guys all sound like Jay Bates in your commentary. love your vid though🤗

[@TJ_Hack3r]

Neat

[@robertcoggin3366]

I understand that this can be done with almost any sewing machine, but I'd like to ask what make & model you used here

[@satanbane]

Nice work! Just curious, planning to do something like this myself, did you ever see any problem with that counter? They look great, except "max rate 20Hz", which seems possibly problematic for this...?

[@guyzini]

I, too, am curious how it can count with such a high RPM. I just checked it and, like you said, it says "20Hz" max rate... that would be a slow winder....

[@bassjeff2005]

I wanna do tgat

[@robinleebraun7739]

Electric drill and a smartphone app.