Re-spooling Wire With an Electric Drill

Alright lads! Roll call! Who's missing? Raise your hand if you're missing.

Ah there you are, purple. Ok, get in line with the others.

And by "engineer a solution" I mean "try the first idea that pops into your head".

Here's what we'll be using:

• Lord Drillington-Smythe, for his prowess with the spinny-spinny.
• A left-over empty wire spool.
• A 1" spade bit that is just slightly narrower than the target spool.
• Masking tape, to fill the gap. Wrap the bit tightly - there's nothing worse than watching in sadness as half a spool of wire runs merrily down the hill laughing gleefully as it trails another half-spool. Well, there are plenty of things worse, but none that apply to this project.

Ensure the spool won't come flying off the end of the bit (you did make a tight fit with the masking tape, right?).

Feed the end of the wire from the source spool through the holes in the target. Wrap the wire tightly a few times otherwise the target spool will just sit 'n' spin happily without actually acquiring any wire.

I used Lord Drillington-Smythe's slowest speed, and low torque.

Completion occurs when the end result has been achieved.

*Dusts off hands* all done.

For the beautiful & handy wire spool organizer, see this instructable.