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Well this is encouraging. After about 3' of wire, I finally get a good one. I'm afraid to try and duplicate it now, not quite sure yet just what I did to make the difference.
what I would suggest is watch my video and pay attention to how I set the wraps up and how I clamp them. maybe your not squeezing the clamp enough, you don't need to squeeze it very hard but you do need to keep it compressed. maybe your not inserting the wraps into the jaws enough? you don't want to stick the tool into the jaws from the point you want to open the clamp wide and insert it sideways so the wraps wind up going deep into the jaws. the eraser should compress the wrap tight enough for it to not spool up like that. also make sure that you clamp the wire back in the jaw.without seeing what you are doing it's hard to tell what your doing wrong, I'd say watch my setup and clamping and compare it to what you are doing. notice how my last setup wrap almost meets the wrap before it at a V. they don't need to be touching but they do need to be angled right to make it hit correctly when you start to spin it
You might be over thinking this a bit. The jewelry making industry has made numerous simple wire coiling tools with handles to turn the mandrels (available in a multitude of sizes) and coil the wire. Like:
YoursTruli I never liked the jewelery jigs because of the whole "clamp it to a table" type deal. I want making a coil to be easy and quick. getting a consistent angle and tension with a jewelry coiler is difficult at best and would require additional apparatus such as resistance reels and stuff. that's not for me, I like quick and easy.
the fact that it also makes great coils, maybe even some of the best coils makes this method a no brainer for me personally and I wouldn't want to wrap a coil any other way. I felt it was so good that I wanted to share it. anyone who is happy with there current coiling methods don't have to try this of course, I guess this is more for someone who may want to try to get easier quicker and better coils.
I've heard of guys saying a build they did took 1/2 hours, 45 minutes to do, or playing around with a build for an hour or more. to me coils are cheap and disposable and not worth an investment of that much time. I want to do a build in 5 minutes flat and my winder is by far the fastest easiest way to me. literally seconds from spool to jig, seconds to spin the coil up then a minute or 2 to unwrap the ends, trim it up and mount it.
I finally got a chance to put the dual parallel coils video together. in this video I do a dual parallel and fire it, then I do 2 more dual parallels and mount them as dualing duals in a derringer. I've been vaping that dual dual build for the past day on a mech and wow, really nice vape, so thick and so flavorful. a bit more than I'm used to in the vapor production for sure but I'm not complaining
here's a few shots of the build, was quick and easy but it still took over 15 minutes to do this build because it's more complicated than a regular single or dual coil build.
and here's what it looks like after a days worth of vaping with a dark well steeped juice
here is a video I found on my youtube channel of the coil winder that I originally did back in 2013, way before the clamp came into the picture. this was one of the first ones I made. I soon after realized the nuts weren't necessary and have since just been using a simple loop to catch the wire end
it may not be obvious how hard I'm actually pinching it here with my fingers but apparently many were not able to duplicate it with there pinch
and here's the dual dual parallel build video
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I think the ones that come out all wrapped around the same spot start out with the wire not being correctly angled and possibly too far twords the middle of the pliers. My good ones seem to push the pliers along while the wire enters in the same spot. I haven't noticed, but I bet on the bad ones the wire goin in is moving across the pliers. 
