Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

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Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

Post by letumgo » Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:13 pm

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.

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The wire legs are formed in such a way, so that they spread outwards when the small spring is moved towards the center.
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The spring can be slid forward, to hold the ends closer together.
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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.
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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.
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Brilliant idea Chris. I look forward to using this tool in the future. It has also gotten me thinking about making other tying tools.
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Re: Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

Post by cassady » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:13 pm

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,

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Re: Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

Post by wsbailey » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:24 pm

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
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Re: Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister

Post by letumgo » Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:14 am

Thanks for the link Bill. Very helpful video.
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