I love it. What human ingenuity can come up with.
If you think that is clever, then my system was pure genius... with NO MACHINES involved.
I went like this.
Step 1. Mount empty pickup spool onto holder stand.
Step 2. Start winding, around and around and around and around … eventually hit 10x counter, then around and around, then .. SNAP!!
Step 3.Unwind.
Step 4. Start again... around and around and around … for x number of turns, then … SNAP!!
Back to Step 3, then Step 2.
You can probably see a pattern developing here.
My system had some fatal flaws (I was ham-fisted), but luckily, one of my boys found a local guy who did custom winds at reasonable cost. That put a merciful end to my 'hand crafted' pickup winding career.