On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:11:57 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:

Alternatively, wind the wire onto a mandrill.

Or would that be a mandrel?


I've seen both spellings recommended in print, but winding wire onto a
mandrill will be far more entertaining.

PS: my (rather old) Concise Oxford Dictionary thinks a mandrill is a
"Large fierce West African baboon", fierce I guess when bound with wire.
It hasn't caught up with the alternative use for mandrel, well not by
1979.

The OED being old only excludes newer words - either way, mine shows
the spelling mandril.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC