How to Use a Coiling Tool

re: How to Use a Coiling Tool

barbesaintjohn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:14:35 GMT

thanks for that! I have one and couldn't remember HOW to use it. I was just winding it on the rods without using hte holder. This is MUCH easier LOL

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Nan@60 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:17:54 GMT

Thanks! too late now, but I have a coupon...tomorrow! I need more tools !LOL I don't have a gizmo

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Jean Campbell — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:32:45 GMT

Nan--the tool I'm using in the photos is a Coiling Gizmo. Picked it up at Joanne Fabrics for under $10. Not fancy, but it works!

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Nan@60 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:51:40 GMT

I don't see the gizmo that you show in your instruction sheet. When I went to the site that is listed, the KoilingTool looks like something else, not an inexpensive gizmo. Where do I find what you show?

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MelindaB@14 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:45 GMT

Barb ~ I've never tried Google Chrome but I do use Firefox without any problems in viewing and downloading. Good Luck

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BDT Studio — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:12:03 GMT

Interesting tip but the page format does not work in the Googlechrome browser, the text to the side of the photos goes under the edge of the formatting and does not wrap, so it is basically impossible to read.

re: How to Use a Coiling Tool

beadidani — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:25:26 GMT

I love the gizmo, it's like I can't get enough of it. I always find a way of incorporating at least 2 (esp coloured wire) beads into my designs. If you want 'organic' jump rings wrap your wire around a (not too tight) pencil or pen - turns out kind of rough & edgy. Cordless drills are very easy to use for twisting wire when making jump rings, I was frighthened at first but I am so comfortable with it now.

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prudyfry — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:38:31 GMT

AndreaM: You can purchase a "Koil Winder" for about $27 from Gemstones Etc. - - gemstonesetc@gainbroadband.com and use any or all of those knitting needles to make jump rings, coils, etc. You could purchase a high-end coil winder for $100+ or purchase the Koil Winder and use the money you save to buy more wire. I've been in love with mine since the day it arrived in the mail. Making jump rings is a breeze. Friends borrow it and I have to fight to get it back.

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AndreaM226 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:20:13 GMT

I always seem to think I need another pair of round nose pliers - Looking for the perfect wrapped loop I've managed to aquire about six pairs of round nose pliers in various shapes and sizes - no matter what I buy I always end up using the same pair of cheapo pliers that I first bought years ago for about $8.00. I use knitting needles to make coils for jumprings and other things - I have needles from size 0000 to size 18 - it's kind of a pain in the patootie to coil the wire around the knitting needles, maybe I'll try using my cordless drill like Ralph . . .

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Michele@95 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:01:46 GMT

I just bought a "coiling gizmo" and found out that if you wrap the wire too tightly, you will have a hard time getting it off the shaft.

re: How to Use a Coiling Tool

ralph mccaskey - nightside studios — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:24 GMT

"Magically reappearing"...? That's a load off of my mind - I was afraid that those tools were multiplying unobserved.... (that would've explained some of the eerie sounds emanating from the studio in the wee, small hours.....) BTW: your illustration #6 ("spirally thingamabob") is a terrific item in itself. For years I have been showing the Boy Scouts how to make a neckerchief slide like that, so that they always have about 20 feet of wire with them - handy stuff to have when you're miles from nowhere. Also: my favorite tool for making wire spirals is a cordless drill clamped onto a benchtop, with a 1/8" steel rod in the chuck. I can go through a 50 foot spool of wire faster than you can say "See you in Portland!"

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CyndiLavin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:30:41 GMT

LOL!!! I know *exactly* what you mean about those magically reappearing tools...