Just some BS....

..some may have seen the video of my prototype pickup winder--I removed
the video because I used some DP music and didn't want any hassles but anyway...
 
The next step was to incorporate a counter. One needs to know the number of wraps.
It's been a hassle but I may have come up with a solution. I'm mentioning it because
I think it's cool and just maybe some others here may get ideas to use it for something else.
 
One way that many "beginners" use is a magnetic switch ( like in security systems) and a calculator.
There are problems with that and I decided to move on. ( it is the cheapest? Not the
most trustworthy in high rpm's)...or so I hear.
 
Optical is another but the one I bought is hand held and the button has to be held...no "on" switch.
I think it will be good to use to confirm whatever counter I come up with.
 
Ok! Here's my newest brainstorm....
It dawned on me that computers have a calculator....so I bought a cheap little mouse
and tapped into the left-click button with two wires left sticking out. I plugged the mouse
in and BINGO....every time I touched the two wires...yep...the cursor over the "equal" button
would add another count.
 
I will be on vacation next week and hope to build the winder WITH a counter and make
another video.
 
Now the reason I'm not waiting to tell you is because....in my mind that litte "trick" could
be cool......it could be easy to trigger anything you wanted to trigger on your PC. Cool huh?
Well it's new to me and I still have a stupid grin on my face like I just got a gold medal. lol.
 
Ideas? That would be fun to hear...
 
 

necessity is the mother of all parties..... or something like that. 

I like trip meters.

So a little pip on the rotating part strikes a lever on a static counter on each rotation.

Very reliable.  I like mechanical things.

spacey


Jon I'm still going to embed a magnet on the bobbin (the piece that the pickup will mount)
and the magnetic reed switch to trigger via mouse lol.
I don't why I'm so darn excited to see it in action.

Because it sounds like fun of course!

This sounds like some BS to me.

Very promising, Spacey.  I love that kind of stuff.  I used to be able to do that sort of thing--part of my job used to be building test equipment for computer cards.  

I just know that Bapu is going use it to find a way to post shameless plugs all over the place.  
Good luck with it.  

I know. I didn't have a problem with it.

No reason for me to shoot high Craig...I don't even know if it's
something I'll continue doing until after I've tried a couple.
I don't plan on winding for anybody but myself so no reason to
get carried away with it.
Low-tech, cheap, fun with great results sounds fine to me.

Maybe if you wound your teeth with copper?

I have an idea...do ya wanna know? doya, doya?

I didn't think so....envolved Mooch in a Robin Hood suit and a truck load of feathers....
I'll stop there.

I've been lurking with interest. Thanks for letting us follow along.

best regards,
mike

Is there an option that is easy, if not costly?

I was thinking there must be some optical device that is made just for it.

Maybe that's what you're already speaking about?


best,
mike

Mike the optical device is the laser rpm/tach device...it's very cool
and would be great for setting idling speed or such on equipment/motors
and I can use it to varify a counter if I get one that works...
I just finished checking it and it's doing it's thing fine...but it just tells
me how fast it's spinning.

No John I didn't. I didn't think of that. Mechanical may be were I wind-up. lol

I just ordered a Red Lion digital counter- 6 digits. Since I have the magnet
in place and it's so easy to mount the magnetic reed switch I'm going to give
that a try. About a $50.00 dollar shot

I've been surfing a lot trying to find the best way out of my mess and man folks
sure don' t like that winder StuMac sells. 400 dollars of junk I guess. It also seems
that they don't have the problems I have either. I even found a guy that said he
used the mouse/PC/calculator...I'm going to see if he'll tell me how to make it work.

What a trip it's been. All the BS and I think if I get it counting it'll be time to replace
those little bearings LOL.

So it's- check on the mouse and wait for the lion.