What are some of the main terms you use in winding coils and making pickups?
Arbor: This is the device that holds the coil form in place next to the coil machine s main shaft that rotates. It holds the coil snug as it s being wound. The pickup fastens to the winding arbor and keeps the pickups from flying off when the pickup is winding. AWG: American Wire Gauge. This is the term used by industry standards. Most guitar pickups use 42 AWG because this has become the standard used by Fender and Gibson. Bifilar Winding: This is a coil consisting of two consecutively wound conductors. I have used this often where I use a 42 AWG and 43 AWG wound at the same time. I can get some interesting and creative wiring combinations. Bobbin: The bobbin can be a round, square or rectangular coil form with flanges (walls) which provide support to the wire. Bobbins can be made from several types of material such as Bakelite, Nylon, Vulcanized Fibre (compressed paper) Phenolic and many other types of plastics. Collet: This becomes my universal fixture for holding the tooling that I
