If I had a 2.5mm rod I'd prolly try the gizmo again Mac. But that is a good eye bother. Damn. That set was wound on a pin vice with a coil master rod inserted in it
Well your symmetry is awesome and that's the gospel I've been preachin' bro as you know. I think thanks to you and others the word's been spread far and wide on the micro. I still insist tension's the best way to get there quickly and max out wire output while keeping temp's in control. Just turns out tho once ya got the t.m.c. down life goes on. Guess not much sense postin' pics of the perfect 8or9 wind with the same ugly res spec every time, lol.
What would be useful here on this thread are postings and pics on wind and rebuild techniques. Like, what do you use to support an end turn on a dripper or tank during installation? I try to find/use instrument screwdrivers of the same Ø as the bit if the face of the pin vise is too broad for the device (and placement). Stuff like that because you know the wind whether micro or t.m.c. may be perfect but keepin' it that way? Well, that's another matter.
The reason I built sort of a (wood) gizmo quite some time back was because I had been using large Ø twisted pair from the git-go. And I really wanted to find the means to get 'em to go full contact. Req's a lot more strain as I said earlier. These days I'm very quick with the pin vise but control's goin' bad. Also…big deal…I like fat wire and twisted which don't trap well if at all in a pin vise. Have one that'll handle 3.5-4.0mm but no room for wire. And the industrial grade p/v's are not precise or too bulky to use for placement (I don't like to rem wire from the bit, preferring to rake if needed and seldom). Even if you could tension with a coiler, they're far too flimsy and delicately minute to do what I do by hand. Big builds need muscle…that is, leverage. Tension is a multiplier effectively.
As for coilers, really don't see much of a use for them. I can hand wind/form parallels of a reasonable gauge with straight finger pressure on an screwdriver shank with better and more consistent results than a coiler…and faster. In fact, as I've mentioned this was one of the early demo's I gave to retail owners as the background to pin vise winding.
But the misperception has been spread far and wide that the functional advantage of a contact coil is simply its geometry. And I keep pointing out the obvious that the physics haven't changed. Crossed wires are shorts. It's a sea of vaper humanity out there unaware that this can be remedied with strain and the results utterly satisfying to the palate. That's why I'm still here. What comes around, goes around. We've all got our learning curve.
Any takers come and see us. Good ideas always welcomed.
Good luck supe. Great builds.
