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OK, sorry to be posting again on this topic, but further repressed
memories have surfaced about ye old universals. What Terry wrote about
works only when the winding is small enough to rapidly unwind. What I
wrote about is when the winding is too big for that, but small enough
that you can unwind it faster than holding the wire with vice grips.
And I think you use the left hand to "help" the winding unwind as you
are holding it with the right hand. That is probably as clear as mud
now, but there you have it. :)<br>
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JF<br>
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Farrell wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><em>"On the ones with the smaller
copper winding, I hold the replacement string loosely in the left hand,
unwind 3-4 inches of the winding, then it's pretty quick unwinding by
pulling with the right hand. (The string in the left hand rotates as
the winding comes off - that's why you hold it loosely.)"</em></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">John's method may work fine - I've never
tried it, but I will next time. What I do is apply vice grips like I
described above (not so tight as to deform the copper windings), unwind
the few inches like John said. But then I pull the copper winding
straight off the string - straight out parallel and on the same line as
the core. If you play around with this a few times, suddenly you will
find that you can induce this totally funky revolving motion of the
core (it looks like an airplane propeller in motion in the shape of a
cone) that increases as you pull harder but it lets the copper unwind
extremely easy. I know I'm not describing the motion well - it's
something that you have to experience before you know what I am talking
about. But it makes using universals fun - it's a game I play when I
use them. I know I'm making no sense - but try it - just pull straight
out when you have thin copper windings - the core will automatically go
into this funky motion - it's a hoot!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">FWIW</font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Terry Farrell</font></font></font></div>
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