<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Ron O</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>who said (inter alia): "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The eyes are made by first bending a = 90 degree kink in the wire before forming the eye. The back length wire segment = must be clamped in the jig (before forming the eye around the spigot) to hold = the kink up against the spigot. This prevents the kink from straightening out as = the coil is wound, and it also allows for the eye to be wound such that the eye = is centered relative to wire segment."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Good wheeze there, Ron! Take top marks for inventiveness! (wish I'd = thought of it!) I've yet to remove one of my "Broadwood Double Hitch Loops" so = don't know whether they tightened up on the pin to the extent that made = removal a difficulty. But your "kink" is quite a "kinky" idea!</DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Michael G (UK)</DIV></BODY></HTML>