Has anyone else stole goodies from their other hobbies, or husbands in my case to set up for vaping! With all the excitement around twisted coils, I had an epiphany. Instead of using a drill to do twisted coils I stole his Whip Finisher from his fly tying (fly fishing) table and it works perfect!!! They are 6-8 bucks from cabellas or bass pro. It is a tool used to tie off a knot when tying flies, but it makes twisted coils perfectly. There is 1 video I have seen, but I use it just a little differently than that person as I have my wire in the bend closest to the handle. No drill required, takes literally seconds to do. And it is small to boot. He had all kind of goodies on that table that I now have, lighted magnifying stand, tweezers, bodkins (also fly tying tool) forceps......ssshhhhh don't tell him! Take a look, give it a try, tell me what you think. I have even done twisted, twisted with 30 gage.........just having too much fun playing around.
Whip finisher for twisted coils
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Also what works well too and is about 12 bucks is lockwire (safety wire) pliers. They are designed specifically to twist 2 wires together and are alot easier to use in my opinion than a drill as they were built specifically to twist wire to more precision and repeat ability. Simply loop some kanthal around a drill bit or anything really, clamp the wire ends into the pliers and pull. Maybe someone will play with twists per inch to see if that has any effect on the vaping experience.
Oh come on people.....could I at least get 1 whoop whoop!!! LOL I had to enlist the help of a smart-..... teenager ( because I'm LOW-BANDWITH) and I lost my YouTube virginity!!! LOL... If you can scramble an egg, its the same wrist action.......NO powertools needed!
I think its genius.....
I think its genius.....
Good idea, I'll stick with my drill because I have one of them but it looks good.
Sorry forgot the WHOOP WHOOP
The pliers for me are a badd idea though cos my dad would nick them to do something silly like fix the fences.
Sorry forgot the WHOOP WHOOP
The pliers for me are a badd idea though cos my dad would nick them to do something silly like fix the fences.
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Whoop whoop! First a pair of scissors and now MY fly tying bench is thinning out!
I twisted my first coil with the whip finisher yesterday. Simple tool that works great.
Real Twister use Dewalt Drills I like the Yellow Color also come i n handy with titanium bits to drill out airhole Seriously used to work constrution so just drawn to Dewalt Any drill with variable speed will work IMO even a little http://www.homedepot.com/p/BLACK-DE...ll-Driver-PD600/202511910#product_description
I have a Black and Decker rotary tool (aka dremel). Made my own hook with a piece of coat-hangar wire, built up with tape to fit in the chuck. The whip fionisher looks nice, and simpler, but since I already have this, why buy that?
Kinda wanna put this back out there........
Would love to see 1000 views.......does that make me weird?
Would love to see 1000 views.......does that make me weird?
Oh come on people.....could I at least get 1 whoop whoop!!! LOL I had to enlist the help of a smart-..... teenager ( because I'm LOW-BANDWITH) and I lost my YouTube virginity!!! LOL... If you can scramble an egg, its the same wrist action.......NO powertools needed!
I think its genius.....
Great vid and way to put yourself out there on YT! Twistem' up is the way to go!
Thanks, I just figured it was easier to show how than to explain how.
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