problem learning how to use an insta coiler

[Mark Schecter]

Hi, all.

I think there's a bit of confusion here. As you turn the pin clockwise 
to make the coil, the coil winds down the pin, from the becket, toward 
the plate or pinblock. The coiler keeps the coil from spiraling down to 
the plate or pinblock, or from crossing up and over coils that are 
already on the pin, but it does _not_ lift up the windings above each loop.

You have to start with the tool wound _out_, that is to say, _up_, that 
is to say, _counterclockwise_. The thread on the tool causes the guide 
slot on the tool to guide the wire down the pin at the rate of one 
wire-diameter per clockwise revolution, no more and no less.

It sounds like you've been starting with the tool at the end of its 
travel, instead of at the beginning. No wonder it's hard to turn. Does 
that help?

-Mark Schecter


Andrew and Rebeca Anderson wrote:
> As you wind the hook hole is lifted up 
> continuing the winding above each loop.  When you wind, you should be 
> winding the tuning pin down into the block and the reverse thread on the 
> coiler should be lifting the coiler.  If the coiler is already fully 
> lifted you will not be able to turn it any more which is why you rewind 
> it to the starting position each time before starting.