Hey guys, a few years back (2019) I had a post looking for guidance on a guitar pickup winding machine... not much help sadly apart from good luck, should be do-able, etc....
Started looking into it again, especially now that I have been learning Fusion360 and have a desktop CNC and a 3D Printer.
From what I am gathering, I would need an Arduino board, a CNC controller shield, 2 Nema 23 stepper motors (one to spin the bobbin, and one to guide the wire) and I guess an LCD. Plus guides, lead screw, and some manner of sensor to detect rotations.
I think designing something in Fusion360 may take a while (since I'm still learning) but very doable.
My question(s) are...
How do I know which Arduino and CNC controllers I should get? Would a Nema 23 work for spinning the bobbin? I think I read it goes up to around 900rpm which I think should work. Software... I have an idea for what I want, but, is programming Arduino difficult? Software I think would be the hardest part of the whole build. I'd like to have a lot of behind-the-scenes maths happening motor stator winding machine, so I could tell it wire gauge, desired output strength of pickup and it will calculate the number of rotations. I'd also like to have maybe 3 winding patterns as well.
Anyone able to help get me started at least? Which board to get... maybe LCD to get? doesn't have to be a touch screen... I could use up/down buttons and start, stop, pause, cancel and I guess next.
started by wilova on 27 Sep 23
Started looking into it again, especially now that I have been learning Fusion360 and have a desktop CNC and a 3D Printer.
From what I am gathering, I would need an Arduino board, a CNC controller shield, 2 Nema 23 stepper motors (one to spin the bobbin, and one to guide the wire) and I guess an LCD. Plus guides, lead screw, and some manner of sensor to detect rotations.
I think designing something in Fusion360 may take a while (since I'm still learning) but very doable.
My question(s) are...
How do I know which Arduino and CNC controllers I should get?
Would a Nema 23 work for spinning the bobbin? I think I read it goes up to around 900rpm which I think should work.
Software... I have an idea for what I want, but, is programming Arduino difficult?
Software I think would be the hardest part of the whole build. I'd like to have a lot of behind-the-scenes maths happening motor stator winding machine, so I could tell it wire gauge, desired output strength of pickup and it will calculate the number of rotations. I'd also like to have maybe 3 winding patterns as well.
Anyone able to help get me started at least? Which board to get... maybe LCD to get? doesn't have to be a touch screen... I could use up/down buttons and start, stop, pause, cancel and I guess next.