+3 for the Daedalus. And it's only about $50US on Fasttech. It would be nice if they only sold the spool jig though, for cheaper. But the included drill is pretty nice, albeit slower. I've seen some other claptoning coil jigs, but they seem like a joke compared to the Daedalus.
It can actually be a good learning tool, too - if you want it to be. And just about as enjoyable as doing it 'by hand'. It can help teach a bit about wire tension and what will wrap decently. You can get as fancy as you want it to be... You could think of it sort of like the clothespin/clip technique as far as tools go.
For instance, I recently found it was hard to do a test length of a framed staple using two 2-round-wire-twisted-304(.2mm strands) for the frames and four .4mm*.1mm kanthal ribbon. I had a tough time with even 36-gauge wrapping wire. I found it best not to use the included 'wire beads' with this build. As far as flavor for this, it almost seems more muted than 4-core [.2mm 304] fused claptons... But there could also be some serious vaper's tongue going on here. It's possible that the heavy flavor increases of both rayon and fused-framed-staple-clapton combined are blowing my taste buds.
I also went and got some new replacement batteries for my regular drill, a suction vise (the included Daedalus one won't work for my desk), wood, swivels, etc - for if I ever get bored and want to do some 'manually'. Although for me, there are issues of eyesight, dexterity, pain, and muscle fatigue at play - so I would be limited on how long I can tolerate doing any in a more manual fashion.
BUT - another problem I didn't foresee, that I'm running into is how to coil these more massive suckers. The wire can end up being quite stiff, so my regular coiling tools aren't quite up to snuff for some of the more monstrous wire-builds. Anyone got a solution for that?
