Oops, Like he said. Should have got the tool out. Andrew At 05:20 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote: >Hi, all. > >I think there's a bit of confusion here. As you turn the pin >clockwise to make the coil, the coil winds down the pin, from the >becket, toward the plate or pinblock. The coiler keeps the coil from >spiraling down to the plate or pinblock, or from crossing up and >over coils that are already on the pin, but it does _not_ lift up >the windings above each loop. > >You have to start with the tool wound _out_, that is to say, _up_, >that is to say, _counterclockwise_. The thread on the tool causes >the guide slot on the tool to guide the wire down the pin at the >rate of one wire-diameter per clockwise revolution, no more and no less. > >It sounds like you've been starting with the tool at the end of its >travel, instead of at the beginning. No wonder it's hard to turn. >Does that help? > >-Mark Schecter > > >Andrew and Rebeca Anderson wrote: >>As you wind the hook hole is lifted up continuing the winding above >>each loop. When you wind, you should be winding the tuning pin >>down into the block and the reverse thread on the coiler should be >>lifting the coiler. If the coiler is already fully lifted you will >>not be able to turn it any more which is why you rewind it to the >>starting position each time before starting.
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