Welcome Sergio Silva

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:14 pm

Welcome Sergio, your the best.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:14 am

No, RIC are.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:45 am

Welcome from the Curmudgeon, Sergio! Long may you wind!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:35 am

Thanks. I've done my best hehe.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:33 pm

Sergio, you do great work on pickups.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:13 am

How did you like the 5-pole pickup I built for you sometime ago?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:35 pm

Well, here's a truly professional 'brother in arms'. Enjoy.

http://designed2wind.alphalink.com.au/

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:57 pm

Before I found this place, I had stumbled across his website - what a piece of handiwork! So, how far along is your version of his winder??

Oh, and to complete, welcome Sergio!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:19 pm

Thanks, John.
My pickup winder is disarmingly simple, and totally hand-operated. I see no need for going too hi-tech as far as building/rewinding pickups goes. Some people may know differently, of course.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:59 pm

Ok, that calls for a question - how do you keep the right tension without breaking the wire. Or is it just experience. When I unwound my hi-gains the wire was as thin as hair and much more breakable. How not to stretch it?

I like the idea of a hand winder - organic. But maybe one driven with a sewing machine variable speed motor would be easier to control the tension... Thinking out loud here.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue May 16, 2006 2:48 am

Just experience, in fact.
'Organic'? I like the word.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:08 am

I've hand-wound a few ballast coils used in lighting applications, and machine-wound thousands, & I can tell you that it looks fairly straightforward, but there's a huge measure of technique involved, particularly with very thin wire such as that used in pickups. It requires a very skilled operator to achieve consistent results.