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Electric String Winder
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To solve my problem of used string storage, I took old electrical wire reels and wound the string on them with a drill. I used a 1/2- by 6-inch bolt with a couple of nuts as a bit to turn the reel with the drill.
Jeremy Stauffer, Iowa