Workmanlike wiring is easier to achieve with a wire spinner. The site-built version shown in the drawing was whipped up by electrician Phil Clements in about 15 minutes, using a handful of wire staples, a few 16d nails, a fender washer, assorted 2×4 offcuts and some short lengths of nonmetallic sheathed electrical cable (Romex). Phil first nailed together a pair of 2x4s to make a post about 24 in. tall, and then attached the 24-in. long base pieces.
He next stapled the short lengths of wire cable to create a loose cradle that holds a coil of wire as it comes from the box. Hung from a nail in a ceiling joist or door header, Phil’s wire spinner rotates on the washer as he pulls and uncoils flat lengths of wire without twists or kinks.
—M. Scott Watkins, Arlington, VA
Edited and Illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #60
