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This is a quick post and dash - I won't get chance to write it up properly, I started a page on my tutorial site, but it was going to take more time fiddling than I have just now. I've prepared the photos ready though, so I'll post them - it should be fairly self-explanatory. I can only post 4 images, so I'll have to do it in 2 parts.
Make your initial coil and cut off the wire with a good inch or so remaining - enough to make two full turns of the wire. Start coiling it back towards the main coil - keeping the coils the same side of the wire as the original coil - that's the bit I always struggle to remember and when you do it the wrong way, it doesn't sit as well:
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5689.jpg
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5690.jpg
When you have your 2 full turns you should be back against the original coil. Start twisting it round - rotating it in the same direction as you did the turns in the wire, but now bringing those two loops on top of the original coil.
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5681.jpg
Carry on rotating and twisting it so that it tightens up and sits perpendicular to the original coil - sitting nicely on top of it in the centre:
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5685.jpg
Give it a little final twist to tighten all the gaps - you can see a little daylight under the pliers where there's still some slack, another part turn will close that up tight.
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Part 2:
If your length of wire was right when you cut it, the cut end should just nestle in the hollow top of the original coil, out of the way - this one is a few mm short ideally. I'd normally trim it flush at both ends to finish.
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5686.jpg
This is why you need to coil it the right side of the wire, to get a nice neat twist like this, done the other way, doesn't sit neatly:
http://www.boo.myzen.co.uk/cordend5687.jpg
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Boo, you are a bloody marvel. Now go on holiday!
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bloody hell, how do you people all get so knowledgeable :'(
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Necessity is the mother of invention. I couldn't find a tutorial to make them, so I had to figure it out myself. It took a pile of failed ones before I got the right action. It's very easy and certainly when you see if illustrated like that. But I probably made 20 before I was happy with the exact technique and could replicate it reliably. Hence I took photos last time I made a batch so I could do a tutorial.
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Unxxxbelievable! Absolutely marvelicious Boo ! You're an absolute gem []
That's why it wouldn't sit right! *-:) uuuuum, I'll have to use my round nose pliers until I get the ones in the piccie - they are perfect for the job! Now get packing and have a lovely holiday and tell us all about it when you get back.
:ta::ta:
Lots of Love
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Those pliers are a neat bit of kit...where do they come from...? I've had a quick look on 'the site' but can't find them...:(
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I think the P word do them
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Think I'll have to go for a 'P' then!!:D
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I had to go back into my previous orders to find them as I couldn't remember their name:
Multi-sized Looping Pliers - Cooksongold.com
The sections aren't as reliably and consistently round as I'd like, they're a bit roughly shaped, but I still use them a great deal.