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Step 2Winding your coil
Pick a direction, and start winding.
Try to keep each rotation of wire as close together as possible. This will maintain consistent ring size.
You can use the Vise-Grip as additional leverage to help you wind.
If you are using half-hard wire (or full-hard) or thick-ish wire, you may need to apply a bit of strength to keep the coil tight.
Towards the end of your coil, be aware that there is quite a bit of pent up energy in the coil--the wire will spin violently in the opposite direction. If you are not careful, you may get cut pretty badly.
Un-clamp your Vise-Grip.
Slide your coil off the mandrel. If you cut a notch, you may wish to slide it off the opposite end (sometimes the notch catches the coil).
You may wish to continue right away with another coil (I find it easier to wind a bunch of coils and then cut them all in one go, too).
If you had trouble with your pre-coiled wire, you might want to cut a shorter length for this next coil. If you had no trouble, go ahead and cut a longer length.
The longer your coils are, the less wire you'll waste, but the harder it will be to manage the coiling. Find your balance.
Note! Wind your coils in the same direction so that your finished rings open in the same way. It gets ridiculously awkward when a portion of my rings open in the opposite direction.
Try to keep each rotation of wire as close together as possible. This will maintain consistent ring size.
You can use the Vise-Grip as additional leverage to help you wind.
If you are using half-hard wire (or full-hard) or thick-ish wire, you may need to apply a bit of strength to keep the coil tight.
Towards the end of your coil, be aware that there is quite a bit of pent up energy in the coil--the wire will spin violently in the opposite direction. If you are not careful, you may get cut pretty badly.
Un-clamp your Vise-Grip.
Slide your coil off the mandrel. If you cut a notch, you may wish to slide it off the opposite end (sometimes the notch catches the coil).
You may wish to continue right away with another coil (I find it easier to wind a bunch of coils and then cut them all in one go, too).
If you had trouble with your pre-coiled wire, you might want to cut a shorter length for this next coil. If you had no trouble, go ahead and cut a longer length.
The longer your coils are, the less wire you'll waste, but the harder it will be to manage the coiling. Find your balance.
Note! Wind your coils in the same direction so that your finished rings open in the same way. It gets ridiculously awkward when a portion of my rings open in the opposite direction.
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