I made up some ss 316L braided wire. This is going to make a great coil. I need my pharaoh to get here so I can use it.
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I saw someone else quoted you talking about using a plastic bag to help with breaking the wire. What I do (if the label hasn't been punched through the center opening punch through it) I lick my fingers or spit just a tad in or see to make the wet and hold the spool on the opening to the center tube. That wetness on your fingers allows the spool to slide with not much friction and allows you to wrap a clean clapton without breaking the wire. If you have your fingers moistened and you need more tension, lick your pointer finger and use that to put more tension on the outside of the spool as it's spinning in between your bird finger and your thumb.
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I don't use any special technique when wrapping wire holding the spools. I just hold them very lightly so they spin freely, thumb on one side & usually my middle finger on the other side. Same thing for the dual spool technique when doing stagger work.
A little preview of a binary SSFC I have to photo. My comp just crashed on me so I need to fix it today, if I can't, I have to buy a new one. Funny how life works, I recently purchased a new lens for my camera about two weeks ago & my computer decides it wants to brick itself shortly after. C'est le vie.
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A little preview of a binary SSFC I have to photo. My comp just crashed on me so I need to fix it today, if I can't, I have to buy a new one. Funny how life works, I recently purchased a new lens for my camera about two weeks ago & my computer decides it wants to brick itself shortly after. C'est le vie.
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How difficult is it to braid wire? I've been thinking bout doing this but don't know where to start. I know there are YouTube videos but just haven't had the time to watch the video then sit down to braid the wire.
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It's easy but time consuming. I practiced with shoestrings first. I started with 3 wires then 4 and that one is 5 wire.
Do you recommend any tutorial YouTube videos on braiding?
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I think buildmode or art of vaping has a basic vertebraid video on YT. But it's not that hard to learn, a lot of repetitiveness to it. If you can get the motion & pattern down you can bang them out pretty quickly.
Braiding aside, staggering is not always easy [emoji23]
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No not hair braiding. It's like the patterns people make bracelets out of string & lanyards.
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Yeah that vertebraid is cool but it's complicated. I haven't done that yet.
They're really not complicated. Basic 3 loop is super super simple. It's just a matter of knowing which fingers to use as your operating fingers & how to work the wire around. My sister can make like a 5-6" length with string (days spent at day camp making bracelets as a counselor) in about 10 minutes.
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I learned really quick that working with string is much easier than working with wire. Braiding wire definitely takes patience which is good for me. It makes me slow down and think a bit. My first attempts were horrible. The more I do it the better it gets.
I think buildmode or art of vaping has a basic vertebraid video on YT. But it's not that hard to learn, a lot of repetitiveness to it. If you can get the motion & pattern down you can bang them out pretty quickly.
Braiding aside, staggering is not always easy [emoji23]
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I have the staggered down. It's the staggered staple I have problems with. My issue is keeping the ribbon stacked before and while staggering
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A couple different reviewers have recommended using a flathead screwdriver to tighten those.
Ya I have been using a flat head and or needle nose pliers to tighten them down which works for the most part but does mark up the finger screws
The way I would go about this is to loop the ribbon onto a swivel and then secure the other end into the drill, keeping the ribbon taught will keep it in line, then tether the stagger to the outer edge of the ribbon, the stagger will follow the outer edge. If the fuse wire is to heavy a gauge it can twist the cores. If you did want to go heavy on the fuse you could accomplish it by spinning the cores in a hand-vice without a swivel But you would need to use something like nylon pliers to tighten up every couple of wraps as you go.
I'll do that next time I get some time to play around and build.
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