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In the search for a cheap but effective Pickup Winder, its hard to beat the $50.00 Pickup Winder but In this series I am trying to keep the new Pickup Winder cheap but even better than before. We will be using an Arduino board and an OPTO Interrupter Switch to control the counting. The reason we are having to use a OPTO switch is because the magnet powered punch counter isn’t effective at RPMs greater than 1200. With this pickup winder I’m wanting to reach at least 2500 RPMs if not 3000. Not only do i want this winder to wind faster I want it to be able to accomplish two other tasks. I want this thing to have a RPM gauge and some type of gauss meter or polarity checker on board. In order to accomplish these tasks we will be using two to three Arduino nano boards. I hope you enjoy the project and as always if you have any questions or advice let me know. Thanks and I hope you enjoy!
DIY Pickup Winder 2.0. How to build a Pickup Winder. In this video I Finish the pickup winder 2.0. All the parts are together and working. The only part not done at this point is the wire guides. This is a video series all the parts to this Pickup Winder are explained in other videos. Please see the full playlist. Hope you enjoy. If you like this type of content consider subscribing!!
In this video I start the Pickup Winder 2.0 project by building a OPTO interrupter switch and using an Arduino Nano board to count rotations on the motor. I use a TM1637 Display to display the counts. All code and parts are on linked page.
Part 2 was removed because its not needed to build the pickup winder. Its on my YouTube channel if you want to see it though. In the video I build a voltage regulator to step down power from 12 volts to 5 volts. This can be done by the Arduino board as long as the input voltage is 14 volts or below. If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks
OPTO Switch Counter Speed Test. OPTO Interrupter Switch. Pickup Winder 2.0. In this short video I test the OPTO Interrupter Switch with a motor capable of running 5500 RPM’s to see how fast this counter can count.
Making and Sizing the Pulleys for the Pickup Winder 2.0. In this video I’ll show you how to size the pulleys and make them for the Pickup Winder. I’m using a DX-3420 motor. We will use Blocklayer.com to find the size of our pulleys and then we will use a circle cutter to cut out the pulleys on a drill press. Hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching.
Pickup Winder 2.0 Building the Box. In this video we will build the box for the Pickup Winder to mount the pulleys and motor in. We will also get a rpm reading off the reduction gears. The box dimensions are 6”x6”x8”. Hope you enjoy the video. If you like it please consider subscribing to my channel. Thanks for watching!!
Pickup Winder OPTO Switch counter disk. Pickup Winder 2.0 Part 5. In this video I build the counter disk for my OPTO interrupter Switch. The disk spins on the shaft of the pickup Winder and it is what the OPTO switch uses to count the rotations. I will be using a piece of plastic I found in my shop to make the disk. Hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching!!
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