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:
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.
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:
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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