Great video of line wrapping

[Steve Thornton]

I just saw Fred's YouTube of his line wrapping tool/jig and it is very practical and easy to use.  I am going to make one myself so I don't dread the task so much!  Great job Fred.
Steve

[frank mccune]

       Great video! Thanks for sharing.

                                           Frank McCune

[mike londke]

Very neat jig, thanks for sharing.

[ron young]

  Great video
Thanks for sharing
Ron

[Fred Cronenwett]

Hello all,

I have considered making some more of these jigs, let me know if anyone is interested in one they are easy to make from scrap wood, a rubber bicycle tube, 5/32" wire and a wheel collar.

I can bring some to the Nats maybe if anyone is interested, I will be at the CL stunt circle taking pictures on Thursday

After seeing what it took to wrap lines I quickly figured out you need 5 hands so came up with this device, at our local club meeting the other guys called it a torture device!

Fred

[Ward Van Duzer]

Ya' did great til' you put the stress riser in with the epoxy.

W

[Ward Van Duzer]

Another version of the same tool. The distance between the wood block and the line holders allows you to create tension on the flying line and allows more room to pass the copper wire around.

W

[EddyR]

Use heat shrink tubing not epoxy. It is more flexible and will not stress the wire where the wraps start. Nice video.
Ed

[john e. holliday]

I don't like any idea that covers a wrapped line.  If I had used shrink tubing on my lines I would not have seen the loose cable strand at VSC one year.   Wound up about 6 inches shorter on the lines and I think the plane flew better.  Since Carl Shoupe put me onto swagging of lines I have not looked back.   

[Bootlegger]

  Very good video, and I have a question, how do you , or y'all get your lines within I/8" of each other when making up the other line?

  Again thanks for the video...

[john e. holliday]

That is why we use different length line clips.   I was going to say practice, but have done this for years and have yet to get the lines the same length.

[Bob Reeves]

The trick to getting the lines the same length is White Out from your local office supply. Make up one end of both lines and place them on the same hook, stretch the lines out to the length you want and use the White Out to mark both lines. When you make the other end place the White Out mark on the back side of the eyelet.  White Out makes it easily see the marks because it's well.. white...

[Motorman]

I have never needed a line wrapping jig even when doing .018" solids.


MM

[Warren Wagner]

Good job with the video, Steve.  Now for your next video,
show us how to make the 2 lines exactly the same length !

Cheers.

Warren Wagner

[Jim Kraft]

I do make my lines exactly the same length by stretching them out like Bob Reeves said. That way I do not have to pay attention to which line goes where. I do not keep a separate set of lines for each plane like many do, and only carry a few sets of lines for the planes I am going to fly that day. I mark the position on my hard point handles for each plane I fly and leave the right length connectors attached to the leadouts on the plane. It works very well for me. If I made up a set of lines and handle for every plane I fly I would be forever making them.