Attaching coil wire to shaft

[Rebel1]

Thought maybe someone might find this tip useful so here it is.
For those of you who have a wife that sews or who sew yourselves here is a way i found to keep the coil wire attached straight up the shaft and it is easier to remove to change coils than either cable ties or elec. tape. Take about 3 1/2" of wide elastic and sew one half of a piece of velcro to one side on one end and the other piece to the other side at the other end. Then you can stretch it and wrap it around the coil wire and shaft and fasten it together. When you want to remove the coil just pull the velcro apart. Works great and makes changes a lot quicker.

 

[fwcrawford]

You can also buy velcro that has the hooks on one side and the knitting on the other side.
All you do is wrap it around the rod and it fastens to itself.
I found some a Lowes.
Felix

 

[BarberBill]

If you run the coil wire straight up the shaft, what do you do with the excess?
BB

 

[Rebel1]

I only run it up about the first 12" then wrap it the rest of the way. Running the bottom part straight up is supposed to help stop falsing from the cable moving over the coil.

 

[UK Brian]

You can also get it in discount shops that has adhesive on the "hooked" strip and the normal soft material strip. Its neater to fit and seems to hold better.
The adhesive doesn't set, though it holds really tight, but you can peel it off without damage to the stem if you want.

The main advantage over the standard velcro is that it doesn't move up or down the shaft.

 

[silversmith]

I wrap mine around the shaft but down close to the loop I start out with about 1 turn to 3" the tighten the turns up to take up the slack.