Made myself a pair of SuperX tweezers

[ElConquistador]

worked like a champ for bending the coil leg to prevent it from spreading. Thanks X, great idea.

 

[EZinTN]

That's tight. Got a link to SuperX's idea?

 

[ElConquistador]

I had a cheap pair of flimsy tweezers out in the garage, so I just drilled a hole in them to fit my mandrel. Nice way to put a kink in the coil so it matches the offset in the posts. I always had trouble with that last wrap separating from the rest of the coil when I went to tighten things down.

 

[sc12]

Agree. Great idea! Nice coil, ElConquistador.

 

[ElConquistador]

I guess I bent mine different than he does in his video. I put the legs in the tweezers and bent one leg straight out parallel to the coil, then bent it back to perpendicular. At any rate, it sure helped with the end coil. In the end, it probably only makes it look better to me.

 

[oplholik]

I just found these in my little tool drawer. Think I'll give it a go.

 

[oplholik]

Heck ya, that works. It is a good idea, and even better, I didn't have to run out and buy anything.

 

[AllPepperS]

Excellent!