Power Wrapping

[Lighthouse]

I've just taken delivery of a Forecast Power Wrapper - I bought it from Shoff Tackle in the US - excellent service and very prompt.

I've been having a play with it and it seems great but there's one aspect of its use which is not obviously solved - how do you start the wrap?

Anybody with any experience of these tinkers?

Paul

[ScottRods]

start the wrap the same way you do manually. Some of the wrappers can be set to free run for this or slow speed. I know the flexcoat one uses a variable speed pedal like a sewing machine.

I don't like a power wrapper that much. It doesn't provide the control I like I find that I can maintain a pretty good wrap speed turning the blank by hand anyway. Manually also allows me to add colour or trim threads.