Homemade Insta coiler

[Warren Fisher]

Ronald R Shiflet wrote:
>
> List,
>         I'm kind of out in the dark on this subject.  I personally don't
> know what an Instacoiler is but I am assuming it is a tool to put coils
> on the bottom of single strings.
>         I would like to comment on a homemade tool I have that will put
> coils on the bottoms of single strings that look so professional, you
> cannot tell that it's not a factory coil.
>         At Western Iowa Tech, Doug Neal made a bunch of these tools and
> gave them to us for Christmas.  It works so well that I have never used
> another tool.  They can be made in a shop for under $1.00,  in about 15
> minutes.  With this tool, I can put perfectly even coils on strings in
> about a minute.
>         The tool is nothing more than a piece of round steel rod about
> 3/8" or 1/2" thick and about 2 " long.  It starts out looking kind of
> like this.
>                                   ____________________
>                       (                                              )
>                                 (____________________)
>
> Then you drill two, 1/8" holes side by side in the middle with about 1/8"
> between them.  These holes need to go all the way through.  Then simply
> put a STEEL rivet in one of the holes and it sticks out the top about
> 1/8".  Now the side view looks kind of like this.  (The small i letters
> stands for the dotted lines that show an inner part not visible from the
> side.)
>                                  __________T________
>                      (                   ii   ii                    )
>                                           (________ii_ ii________ )
>
>
>         Now, the way this tool works is simple.  From the picture above
> insert your wire up from the bottom through the hole on the left.  Come
> out about 3+".  Have the wire come up and out and turn to the left in a
> circle.  Continue that circle on around until you form a loop crossing
> in FRONT of itself AND crossing BEHIND the rivet,  pointing to the 3
> o'clock position with about an inch of wire extending beyond the rivet.
> Hold your loop tight and push on the right side and start spinning it.
> You'll only need to practice on one wire until you learn how to make
> them even.  About the only downfall is to use a steel rivet.  An
> aluminum rivet will wear out quickly.
>
>         Write back with any questions or comments.  Good luck.
>
> Ron Shiflet, RPT
> Phoenix Chapter
>
I'm sorry, Ron,  I must be dense, but I can't visualize what you are
doing.  My diagram didn't come through like you sent it.  My question is
if you feed the wire through one of the holes, how do you get it loose
to put in the piano?

						Warren
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Warren D. Fisher
fish@communique.net
Registered Piano Technician
Piano Technicians Guild
New Orleans Chapter 701