Tightening coils on sloppy restringing

[Jon Page]

If you use the wire sticking out as an upstop, the wire is theoretically too
low at that point.  If the wire made one revolution then where it meets the
becket is the bottom of the first coil hence the other end should be covering
half the hole.  Splitting hairs but you get the point.  I like to have the
wire
covering the hole, it makes a nice clean look. 

Furthermore, in the bass; if you needed to remove the coil it is harder to
pull out a longer wire (and get it back in).  So insert the wire to the end of
the
hole and make your bend.

Look at S&S's, no wire protruding, neat job.  Copy that.

Regards,

Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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At 08:49 PM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Jon wrote:
>>Why do you want the wire to stick out of the pin? It makes a sloppy looking
>>job,
>>& serves no purpose. If you really wanted to be fastidious, you would make
>>certain the wire goes the whole length of the hole
>>but does not extrude.    Too short of a becket in the hole can cause
>slippage
>>but a neater job is derived by nothing sticking out.
>>
>
>Well, to be honest, I'm not sure where I got the idea from.  (I originally
>thought I heard it from the guy that got me into this, but I asked him, and
>he didn't remember us even talking about it.)  The thinking behind what I've
>been doing is to let the becket  (the end of the wire that is) stick out of
>the hole aprox. 1/2 the diameter of the wire, not to exceed the diameter of
>the wire.   What that leaves me with is a wire end that acts as a kind of
>stop for the coil and when it's lifted it keeps the coil from coming up too
>far.  If the wire end comes out past the coil, it really rubs me the wrong
>way.   I've seen a few that really let 'em hang out, even as much as 1/8".
>And the Baldwin idea of bending over the end, ... well,  that's another
>story... I really haven't given much thought to doing it the way you
>describe, but you have me thinking about it.
>
>
>Jon wrote:
>>Make a measuring gauge for cutting the wire to the apporpriate length.
>>I have a jpg and info sheet on how to make the Becket Tool.  :-)   This
>>gadget produces consistant beckets.
>
>
>I'm curious as to what the measuring guage is.  Is the jpg an image you can
>send as an e-mail attachment?  I'm not sure, is it a tool for measuring
>string length and becket length as well?  Would love to see it!  :-)
>
>
>Thanks for the discussion.  I appreciate people who make me think about
>stuff I hadn't really thought about before.
>
>Brian Trout
>  

Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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