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Line Managment and care


big bri

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Winder, eight, halo, spool, handles - it makes no difference. The ONE thing that makes a difference (concerning getting twists in the line, or wraps between lines) is that you must take it off the winder exactly the same way you put it on. If you wrap line(s) onto a halo from one side, you must let the line(s) off from the same side. Each wrap puts a 360 twist in the line; each unwrap (or face the wrap side away from you and let the line(s) spin off). Each unwrap take out a 360 twist, leaving the line exactly with the same condition (in terms of twist/wraps) as you put it on the winder.

If you unwrap from the other side each unwrap adds another 360, leaving the line(s) with line-length/winder-circumference x2 full twists. These twists are added to every time you wrap from one side and unwrap from the other. Eventually this will destroy a single line. (You have to unwrap a line set to use it, so wraps don't accumulate.)

Letting a halo or spool spin in your hands, letting the line(s) off tangentially after wrapping from the side, fails to undo the twists that were put in during the wrap.

I like figure-eight wraps (on handles or a winding board with u-shaped notches) or asymmetrical halos (makes it easy to wrap/unwrap from the same side).

I also have a crank-winder that doesn't put in twists/wraps during winding or unwinding, but it is bulky. It has guide fingers to assure that there are no wraps in line sets.

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