After reading the thread by the guy who was building a pickup winder, but then also seeing this project. https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/stepper-motors
and put a high torque motor on, I am not sure what power supply I would have to use, or what pot, but it might be a fun little project.
We'd like to know some parameters or design targets for your system. Do you currently have a motor? What does the pot do? Thanks for providing the link, but let's keep it optional, please post all the info here.
Some initial questions I would ask:
Just to verify that I understand what this does, it sounds analogous to a bait casting reel in the sense that it has a brake and a "drag" adjustment and the traverse is like the gadget on a fishing reel that creates the smooth layers of line. Correct?
So a guitar pickup needs between 7000 and 1000 wraps depending on the the tonal qualities you want. The reason to use an arduino is to count, but the motor has to be able to spin 6 - 8 magnets mounted on a bobbin and 7000-1000 wraps of 22-42 awg wire.
you need to be able to adjust the speed, and for the wrap, you want a random scatter that is done by hand. I need a pickup winder for building guitars, but I thought this would also be a good starting point for dipping my toes into making 3d-printer / engraver.
Motor speed adjustment you can buy off the shelf. For rotation count, most setups use a reflective dot on the spindle, and an optical sensor to detect that for counting pulses.
I was thinking a max rpm of 1000 but mostly keep it between 400 and 600 rpm . maybe I don't need a high torque motor.
I thought the pot was for speed control? as for the reflective dot, would I use a photo-resistor and a npn transistor to detect and amplify it in the circuit someplace?
Photo resistors are too slow for that, a phototransistor or photodiode is the way. You can get an integrated sensor that includes IR LED and IR phototransistor.
cool is there a link to the parts you recommend?
It's your journey. 
TBC do you mean 7,000 to 10,000? It's just odd to state a range like you did, but a doing a few times suggests you may have meant 1000.
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Hi,
I don't know if this will help, but I'm part of another forum, ("Fórum de discussão - Laboratorio de Garagem (arduino, eletrônica, robotica, hacking)").
This forum is in Portuguese (Brazil),
In it there is a topic that I helped a person to develop and improve the design of a winding machine.
I know that maybe you have difficulty because of the language, but maybe you can translate with Google.
It has 2 links,
the initial project:
" bobinadeira_V_13 (Resolvido) - Laboratorio de Garagem (arduino, eletrônica, robotica, hacking) "
and an improvement in the machine.
"https://labdegaragem.com/forum/topics/coil-autom-tica-controlled-com-arduino"
Here is the latest version of the code. It is made up of several tabs, and
has been modified to use ESP32 and TFT ILI9341.
bobinadeira_Final.zip (13.7 KB)
The schematic the OP provided is old and still uses arduino UNO,
If you want, I can ask him to send me the updated schematic with ESP32.
Bobinadeira-esquema.PDF (28.3 KB)
Having built a coil winder, but not nearly the number of turns you are planning on. There are three important things you need to consider before beginning.
In all cases, do you need to firmly hold the form in position or do you need to make it freely turn?
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