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Anything new takes time to figure out if it`s good or something else. My first impression was , looks like the words ran out of ink. Not sharp or bold. Makes it some what harder to read. Could be just me though. Moving stuff around is fine. Changing graphics is fine as well. Contrast in "letters" very important. .

This is a jig that I have been meaning to build for some time, but ideas work on a different schedule to desires. I am fairly happy with the jig. It is easier and faster than winding by hand, but not as fast as I was hoping for, at least two per minute. There is room for improvement in the design, but this was the first attempt. The uprights need bracing, a bit rickety as they are. The wire retainer plate mechanism needs redesigning, to eliminate the screwdriver operation. I was hoping for a tidier eye, but that did not work out as planned. The initial plan was to load the wire from the rear, but with the twisting, this turned out to be both messy and dangerous, with a couple of feet of wire flapping around. It turned out to be more efficient to load the wire from the front and feed the bulk of the wire from the side. The jig is efficient, with very little waste. The jig looks cumbersome, but a turn of the vice crank and the jig stores under the bench, out of the way. As it is, the jig will easily fill my needs, so I doubt that I will take the design any further. Dave