Artistic Wire Spiral Maker, Large

This handy "Spiral Maker" is a very good accessory for making good quality wire spirals. We have just started making our own jewelry and wanted to add a little more flair. Here are my observations:Setup -1) Cut three 1.5" pieces of the same wire you will be wrapping2) Loosen the three thumb screws and loop one of the wire pieces around each post (see my picture in "Customer Images")3) Tighten the thumb screws4) Insert one of the two "Twisting Handles" (small or large)5) Insert wire between posts and into slot in "Twisting Handle"6) Twist wire to the size wanted7) Remove "Twisting Handle"8) Loosen thumb screws and remove spiralPros -+ Easy to Use; takes less than a minute to setup and start twisting wire+ High Quality; this is a well made gadget+ Works Well; used it on 20g wire with good results (see picture in "Customer Images")Cons -- Using wire as spacers on the thumb screws is a little cumbersome, but does work well once they are onThis is a clever little tool and it certainly will save me time and allow for very consistent results.Highly Recommended

I love this thing. As you can see my spirals aren’t perfect, but with practice , anyone can use it. Remember if your changing the gauge wire, change your spacer wires also. Great tool, simple to use. Ideas are endless.

the product i bought - the bigger more expensive one doesn't work at all. The parts don't fit. the small one is too small and because of that the wire doesn't make a spiral it gets curled around the shift and the bigger one doesn't fit the hole and cannot be used.it's not a product it is fraud. you can see from the first blink that it has not chance to do what it is supposed to do. I burned many hours and lots of material trying to figure out a solution - but the only one is to bin it.

Beadalon Spiral Maker, LargeDid not perform as I expected, I use semi-hard wire, which does not work with the very well with the Spiral Maker. When I used softer wire, I found that the wire bound up, when I made a larger spirals (1/2 inch diameter) and sometimes on the smaller ones, the unit is supposed to make spirals up to 5/8 of an inch with up to 20 gauge wire. I also had problems with the three thumb nuts, they are only 3/16 of an inch diameter and easy to drop, it looks like a number 6 nut, so I will replace them with number 6 wing nuts, which will be easier to use.

Actually works as advertised! Works great, makes beautiful spirals easily.

If you plan to create spirals with fine wire (24-26 gauge) be aware: this model ships with 2 twisters, one for smaller wire, one for up to 20 gauge. The larger works fine, but the post on the smaller doesn't fit tight enough to keep the wire from slipping down and winding around the post. The video makes this look like a cinch, but it fails on very fine wire. Added 4/8/2016: Reduced to 2 stars after Beadalon rep acknowledged faulty design, but so far has not replaced.

It is perfect for making coils. Savea me bunch of time and makes perfect coils with some learning -as it is with any tools you got to get the hang of it.I wish there was one 2 to 3 (10 times dream!) times the size for making big coilsMaybe I shall have hubby craft it for me.But seriously this is a great idea and it works for me.

Size 20 wire did not fit well into the "key." I had to file down the end of the wire to get it into the notch on the key. Size 20 wire is not some freaky size; it's a size frequently used for making jewelry, etc. Size 22 works fine. The one drawback is that the spiral it makes is tightly wound, and not aesthetically pleasing. I solved this by winding heavy string in with the wire in order to separate the turns. This procedure takes a few trials, but the results are great.