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How to make miniture bobbins?

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7/20/2004 1:39 PM
Matt	How to make miniture bobbins? OK well im going to try and experiment with a hex pickup.   But how the hell am i going to make bobbins small enough i.e. hole for pole dia 5mm and overall diameter small enough to fit in line neatly (about 10mm overall. I did think of using sewing machine bobbins, but they were too big.     Has anyone got any suggestions?     cheers   Matt

 

7/20/2004 9:03 PM
Jason Lollar	I have done it, I just cut out some tiny squares of forbon and drilled holes in them- very fussy to do and assemble. I also designed some where I went up to the hardware store and found some fiber washers that were just about right and reamed them out a little to accept the magnet.   Either way its fussy dealing with those tiny parts.

 

7/21/2004 1:49 AM
Andy	Matt,     Why not wind striaght onto the magnet, wax and then encase the result in epoxy.     We've used this method to make some one-off hex pickups in the past.     Andy

 

7/21/2004 3:15 AM
Matt	Thanks guys   yea id thought of both those methods, but wasn't sure if there was a more simpler option. but ill give it a go.

 

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