..this past weekend I finally did it.
I made my very first pickup from start to finish.
 
It took two days to:
assemble the bobbin- two plates with magnets (not charged)
 
prep the bobbin for winding- coat with lacquer the wrap the magnets with Kaptan tape- does a few important things....it helps strengthed the bobbin and keep it from warping due to moisture/sweat of whatever...helps keep the magnets from rusting and shorting out the pup.
 
Wind it. - I wound 7360 wraps of 42 AWG which is like a hair. Clockwise.
 
Soldier the coil wires ( this one is start = ground) to lead wires ( the ones connected to pots)
 
Potted- dip coil into hot wax - numerous reasons- major reason is to help prevent harmonics (the bad kind)
 
Charge the magnets and check gauss-  Either N. or S. - this one was S.
 
Wrap the coil with tape. - helps protect coil and looks purty.
 
Check again and it was working!! 001 done. Took a long time to get all those ducks to line up but they
sure did.
 
Very rewarding and I feel if I could...anybody could so I highly recommend it.
Oh....I probably could have done many in the same amount of time but I was focused on just one.
 
 
 

congrats Spacey

Thanks Daryl!

I felt like that computer guy in Bond that would jump up with hands raised
high proclaiming, "I'm invincible!" and then all that liquid nitrogen froze him...lol...
but without the freeze. Maybe that's to come...I don't know. I was a good distance
from the wax pot for that part!

Good work Spacey, but your only half way there. Install that PUPy and tell us how it sounds. 

Curious to know what the DC resistance is and the intended use.

Good stuff! I hope it's as good as your picks.

Thank you John!

It was made for a friend and sent out today. A nice thing is I will get
his respected opinion rather than my own. I'm biased without doubt lol.
I know he'll tell it as he hears it.
You and Grant sure liked those picks...that's great. I'm still with those little Fender mediums...about 40 years now. ( I can't believe it, but truth hurts)

John I have a cheap meter to read the ohm resistance and ordered a digital one because
I had to guess...it was 5.9 because it wasn't 6.  ug. Henries and inductance? Still have
to learn -and why? I don't seem driven to and not smart enough to know why I should..except to be able to answer when asked...I'm sure I'll never be able to answer
questions about magnets but at least I'm with the in crowd on that one LOL. Beyond the
basic alignments.

Frequency responce  I think would be the most valuable to me in dialing in but I don't
think I'll be investing anymore into this right now.
I need a bunch more tools for guitar building to keep learning new things....bending wood,
binding...etc.

It was recommend acquiring the wrapping skill in scatter wound is really the place for a
beginner to focus. I'm going with that advice. From what I'm seeing and knowing how I'm
getting there I think the coils are very good. The numbers for wraps and resistance are
spot on so tension and build is hitting high marks in my self assessment. Also very little
wire breaks. Each one has been for reasons other than me applying to much tension.

I didn't finish but I wound one identical (as possible) and got exact reading- major milestone I'm thinking.
I will be installing it and since both will be installed in bridge positions on Strats the
tonal evaluation may be at the least, interesting.
Of course there may be some differences of importance such as capacitors and pots....
and wood...but geeze even with all of those one should hear if it's worth spit or not....maybe?
I don't know....new to me too. Opinions welcomed. 

I don't know when but there will be a sound evaluation made of it....good or bad.

Pictures? 

and of course.... the test...can it play Am? 

Herb I'm at work and since it's not mine anymore....
I can and will post of the one that I'm finishing up on that
is identical as best as I could make it.

A little somthings I learned that I'll share....of course it's not proven?

There is a grey bottom flatwork that single coils use to be made with...now offered
so I used them. Guitarist claim they have Mojo...first I heard of it a week or so ago.
The other thing is that 7,360 wraps seems to be a magical number for the tone..
I don't know what magical means anymore than I know about mojo.

I do know that I used both. Why not? I need all the help I can get and not afraid to
use it when it's there. lol.

Here ya go Herb.

My first Strat and Tele set.

Still need to clean a little of the potting wax off
but ready to use.
Now I'll build a couple of guitars to put 'em in.

spacey


..this past weekend I finally did it.
I made my very first pickup from start to finish.
 
It took two days to:
assemble the bobbin- two plates with magnets (not charged)
 
prep the bobbin for winding- coat with lacquer the wrap the magnets with Kaptan tape- does a few important things....it helps strengthed the bobbin and keep it from warping due to moisture/sweat of whatever...helps keep the magnets from rusting and shorting out the pup.
 
Wind it. - I wound 7360 wraps of 42 AWG which is like a hair. Clockwise.
 
Soldier the coil wires ( this one is start = ground) to lead wires ( the ones connected to pots)
 
Potted- dip coil into hot wax - numerous reasons- major reason is to help prevent harmonics (the bad kind)
 
Charge the magnets and check gauss-  Either N. or S. - this one was S.
 
Wrap the coil with tape. - helps protect coil and looks purty.
 
Check again and it was working!! 001 done. Took a long time to get all those ducks to line up but they
sure did.
 
Very rewarding and I feel if I could...anybody could so I highly recommend it.
Oh....I probably could have done many in the same amount of time but I was focused on just one.
 
 
 

spacey


Here ya go Herb.

My first Strat and Tele set.

Still need to clean a little of the potting wax off
but ready to use.
Now I'll build a couple of guitars to put 'em in.

Fine looking job there!   I think you need to scribe or stamp your initials into the metal somewhere though.