Twisted wire without a drill - Safety wire pliers

[Braaapp]

I'm not a fan of using a drill to twist wires. It just seems too cumbersome and awkward, and I'm on the road more often than home so lugging around a drill in my vape kit is impractical. I've been using a pair of safety wire pliers to twist my wires for a few months now.

Pros:

• cheap (~$10)
• small and easy to store/carry
• very consistent results
• positive grip on wires, easier to lock onto irregular surfaces than a drill chuck

Cons:

• Can only twist in one direction
• not very useful for clapton coils like a drill

Wire Twister Pliers Pro-grade Automatic Safety Wire Twister Pliers - 6"

 

[Das Auto]

Great! This might help some folks who don't have access to a Drill!
Thanks for posting! Glad you found something that works for ya!!

 

[Nermal]

Awesome. I spent about a year in the late '60s as an aircraft mechanic. Those things were selling for about $45.00. Each.

 

[Braaapp]

Awesome. I spent about a year in the late '60s as an aircraft mechanic. Those things were selling for about $45.00. Each.

Sweet! I use safety wire almost daily on engine builds and when I decided to go twisted it was the first thing that came to mind after trying a drill. I have to love china, at the very least for giving us cheap/disposable tools.

 

[Das Auto]

I love China for giving us Kung Pao Chicken!!

 

[93gc40]

$0 wire twisting/straightener. Form wire Into a loop, Gett a coat hanger and cut&bend into 2 S-hooks. Hook one hook to something high, and hook the loop of wire to that hook, now hang second hook from the loop, hang a couple pounds of weight from the second, (I use 1to4 1" wrenches as weights). Let hang there for a few minutes. Now give the contraption a spin, tiwst it about 10-20 revolutions and hold it, let it slowly unwind (done slowly enough it should go 1-5 revs back), when it settles repeat the twisting, repeat till twist pitch is acheived. Granted take HOURs compared to the 10 seconds of a drill, but you can control tension and pitch better.

 

[Davect06607]

Sweet! I use safety wire almost daily on engine builds and when I decided to go twisted it was the first thing that came to mind after trying a drill. I have to love china, at the very least for giving us cheap/disposable tools.

Flex plates and torque converters?

 

[Kingboomer]

I just use a paper clip straightened out and formed to where I have a loop at one end and a "crank handle" in the other, make a loop out of my wire, place one end of the loop in the clip and the other in a nail I pounded into my work bench. Then I just spin away, keeping the wire straight, until it's done to my liking.


-Kingboomer


p.s. Those wire pliers would be a good thing to have tho

 

[stevegmu]

I love China for giving us Kung Pao Chicken!!

The 'Chinese' food we eat was invented in California...

I rarely make coils, but when I do, I just use a small Allen key, grip one end of the wire with a pair of needle nose pliers and wrap around the Allen key...

 

[Braaapp]

Flex plates and torque converters?

450cc motox/supermoto singles. Everything that can be wired gets wired.

 

[neonballoon]

I use a pen and a plier to hold the other end like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-ia6ZovoM

 

[Nermal]

Yep. Otherwise, every threaded connector ends up with either thread lube or lock tite.