Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

[letumgo]

Chris recently sent me a very cool articulated dubbing twister tool. Chris made the tool himself, out of some simple tubing, heavy duty wire, split ring and threaded ring eye.



The wire legs are formed in such a way, so that they spread outwards when the small spring is moved towards the center.

The spring can be slid forward, to hold the ends closer together.

As I closely examined the construction, I realized Chris came up with an ingenious way of building the tool. He had inserted a piece of plastic tubing inside the copper tubing.

When the threaded eye is twisted into the end of the handle, the screw will force the plastic outwards forming a secure joint at the end.


Brilliant idea Chris. I look forward to using this tool in the future. It has also gotten me thinking about making other tying tools.

[cassady]

Thanks, Ray. Great photography, as always.

I saw someone using one like this, and thought it was pretty clever, so I came up with a version with materials at hand -- copper and plastic tubing from steelhead flies, some old steel wire, and the spring from a ball point pen. It's a work-in-progress, so any suggestions are most welcome.

I found out, by the way, that the clever original I saw was very likely something by the cleverest of fly tying tool designers, Marc Petitjean.

By the way, one modification I've made on mine already: a little piece of junction tubing on the bottom of the tool provides increased mechanical advantage for spinning.

Thanks again,

c

[wsbailey]

Chris, here is a video of Marc Petitjean using the original tool that you mention. Bill

http://www.intheriffle.com/store/Marc-P ... ister.html

[letumgo]

Thanks for the link Bill. Very helpful video.