Winding and Potting Pickups

I was just looking up info on re-potting pickups to help a friend whose humbuckers are squealing.

I came across this great web page on making your own pickups, using parts from Stewart-MacDonald.

He’s got a nice pictorial, as well as a  video showing the process, beginning to end.

He built his own winder out of an electric drill, with a modified calculator to count the windings.

He made another really nice winder with a vintage sewing machine.  Sweet!

I’ve seen many web pages before about making pickups, but I just like this guy’s style, creativity and presentation.  Well done!

Inspiring project.  I gotta try this some day!

Update: Brainrender’s site seems to have gone, but the videos are still available on youtube.