30 Days of Creativity - Day 29 Wire Spool Holder

The other day, I was coiling some wire with my fairly new Foredom/drill wire winder set up for the first time.  I had my spool of wire just sitting on the ground as I coiled but that wasn't really working out so well.  The loose wire kept knotting up since it wasn't feeding easily off the spool.  I knew the setup I needed to solve the problem, but I'm not a carpenter so I really was unsure how to implement it.  Enter Scott.  I explained the design I had in my head and the purpose it would serve.

One trip to Lowe's and some time spent in the woodworking shop and he built my spool holder!  The PVC pipe comes off to reveal a metal pipe of a smaller diameter for smaller spools so that the whole rig is interchangeable for whatever spool size I'm working from.  It's nice and big to allow for the larger spools and to be closer to the work area when it's sitting in it's home under my bench.  Plus, the little tray on the bottom will be a great place to store my drill/winder apparatus when it's not being used.

I love it and can't wait to use it!

30 Days of Creativity - Day 12 Wire Winder

I recently got my new Jump Ringer which is part of my coil cutting set up for making chain maille.  The wire winder has holes in it's base to screw onto your work surface.  Thing is, my work bench is an antique that I restored, so I really didn't want to screw into it.  So...  today's creativity was in problem solving. 

I added a wood base with a rubber bottom to clamp onto my bench when I need it and thus, not damaging my bench!