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[zouzounaki]

Exactly - I got given one of those coily jig things when I started .......... I just used the post on it to wrap my wire round ........... then went back to screwdrivers.

it’s madness. people will buy special machines to do the most straightforward things, like twisting wire round a wee stick.

 

[Crewella]

it’s madness. people will buy special machines to do the most straightforward things, like twisting wire round a wee stick.

I confess I did try it once, came out with something that looked more like a mosquito coil!

 

[Jd_]

My issue, once u screw down the legs or position the coil the wraps towards the edges sometimes get a little oval or out of line, and i need a tool that can gradually open it up instead of just trying to jam a 3mm rod into an out of shape,

I need like the r2d2 data spike

 

[zouzounaki]

My issue, once u screw down the legs or position the coil the wraps towards the edges sometimes get a little oval or out of line, and i need a tool that can gradually open it up instead of just trying to jam a 3mm rod into an out of shape, thin ss 3mm coil

why don’t you just leave the stick in it while you screw the ends in?

 

[Jd_]

why don’t you just leave the stick in it while you screw the ends in?

Sometimes i do, sometimes its hard because i dont have three hands, sometimes just putting the cotton through tho can bend it a little.

I can build perfectly fine without one or even leaving the rod in, its just a tool that i think would make working with my wire less of a challenge

 

[Jd_]

I admit i am thinking about picking up a spool of awg kanthal, but i vape a little less restricted mtl or even dtl and i can absolutely tell the diff beteen plain wire and a simple clapton even

 

[Leni]

Toenail clippers? Euueeech

 

[Jd_]

Toenail clippers? Euueeech

Ehem...posh spice says what?

 

[zouzounaki]

Toenail clippers? Euueeech

you can even use the clippings to attach to the cotton and make it easier to pull through the coil. works great.

 

[Crewella]

My issue, once u screw down the legs or position the coil the wraps towards the edges sometimes get a little oval or out of line, and i need a tool that can gradually open it up instead of just trying to jam a 3mm rod into an out of shape,

I need like the r2d2 data spike

I do what Zou does, just leave the rod/screwdriver in the coil whilst I clamp it down.