Here the winding has started. I put a 90 degree bend on the wire and stick it into the jaw on the drill. Just make sure you don't pull too hard and pull it out of there. That said, You will have to practice on the right tension, which is fairly high, in order to get a nice even and tight winding. GO SLOW. The drill is turning clockwise. In other words, the wire goes over top of the mandrell.
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Finally, the finished spring, with the hook in the other end, as neat as I could get it. I am still very much open to suggestions on how to make a nice looking eye hook here, just like factory. Put yer brains to work, ya hear!
I used the carbon steel wire here. The stainless is obviously the wire of choice, but also costs 5 times as much. I shine up the wire with fine sand paper before winding. Looks good for a while anyway.
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Bent for posting this. 
