Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-13
Pickup Forge, a Luthier’s Toolbox
A free set of browser-based calculators and maker resources for guitar builders, covering fret layouts, pickup winding, string tension, and CNC coil-winder plans.
Why it surfacedPickup Forge turns custom instrument dimensions into practical outputs: printable full-size fret templates, DXF or SVG files, 3D-printable pickup bobbins, winding estimates, and layer-by-layer CNC plans. It is unusually specific, technically substantial, and explicitly built from one maker’s own guitar, electronics, CAD, and DIY projects.
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Thirty Patents for the Grave
August 13’s newborn domains include 30 safety-coffin patents, lost notices for false teeth and a box of hair, short films playing in 100 Tokyo taxis, and a Queensland river view arranged gauge by gauge downstream.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-13 Domain Arrivals issue.