I once tried to melt parafin in a toaster oven.

Really bad idea.

Of course throwing the burning oven out the back door was an even worse idea... as the grass was brown from drought.

I finally has a good idea when I realized I had to run to the front yard to grab a hose to use in the backyard.


:-)
Goodness, it was tough explaining what happend when my parents came home.
:-)



Be careful spacey!!!




That's great news about the pickup success.

Super cool!


best regards,
mike

Herb I didn't know that until I started looking for ways to melt it.
If my little dipper doesn't work I'm going to get one of those pretty
ones the ladies use.

Thanks Mike. I will.

The fun of self exploration, just be careful with the potting mix, can not wait to hear the finished product.  Would a compass not give a hint of polarity or is that a complete fur-ball idea????

John a compass will work fine.
Notice the gauss meter has + indicator but for just checking
polarity the little magnet in the tube for a couple of dollars or a compass
is much cheaper. A gauss meter hits in hundred $+.

Sound is the story. I plan on testing all of the Strat pups on one guitar.
I'm going to record it straight in. I'll record the original pup (in whatever position)
and then I'll record the one I rewound.
I'll be going for neck and bridge positions first as the middle is the singular.

I have to rewind one more before I attempt the potting. It'll be with 9,000 wraps then
I'll have two to sound check - each in neck and bridge position.
I may get the middle ready for test too but focus now is on neck and bridge.

The reasoning is - I want to have sound records of;
Original
Rewound with original magnets.  7,000 and 9,000 wraps. (whatever ohms it measures)
Completely new with magnets I charge. 7,000 and 9,000 wraps. (whatever ohms it measures)

I'm thinking the following test will be winding to the resistance (however many wraps).

Of course- all with the same wire and type of magnets.

I hope to have sound samples of the two- each in neck and bridge positions by the next
weekend ( 9-1). If all goes well I'll have the middle too. I have only one bobbin for middle so I'll go for 9,000 wraps on it.

I've thrown in a delay though. I have to build a round platter out of CD's. I have to find
out...I can't get it out of my head so I have to go for it. :)
I want the smoothest turn and smoothest wire guide I can get and I think the CD platter
will do that and wire guide is nothing more than fine sanding....now I have to rig up
a dial indicator ...sheesh.

...sheesh.

 
Go on admit it you are really having fun

LOL ...and found some indicators...old and got it free..works just fine. On
a roll Wookiee...!

Bob 'N For Pups!!  Keep us posted, ol pal!

LOL ...happy to myolpal.

Well the CD's for a round platter didn't go well.
I super-glued about 6 together so it would be stiff
and thick enough to bolt to the spinner...plastic.

I'm back to focusing on wrapping and potting...upgrades or mod's
can happen down the road.

While I wait on the wax and dipper to try out potting I'll be
winding another Strat pup ( neck or bridge) and two Tele neck pups...
hopefully they'll go as smooth as the first. :)

I'll probably post pics of them while taking the readings with # of wraps info.