The inspiration for this binder design came from the “Winston Waters” video that was recently referenced in a thread on Rodmakers.  There was a scene in the video that depicted a guide-wrapping device powered by what looked to be a bicycle crank.  As a cyclist I have lots of spare bicycle parts laying around and got to thinking why not build a binder utilizing the same principal.

What I came up with incorporates several previous designs most notably the Garrison and Smithwick designs.  The binder has the typical bench mounting capabilities of the Garrison binder (L shaped) but the rod is feed through and attached like the Smithwick style.

As with the first generation Smithwick binder two passes are made through the binder.  On the first pass, feed the strips through the copper pipe at top, attach the thread, crank clockwise, and pull section forward.  Second pass, repeat but crank counter clockwise.