Larry L wrote:

looking at the instructions on making one ..... I'd say you are right
....bored when he started, likely half mad by the time he finished

It's not as hard as it looks. I do mine with an old "eggbeater"
hand-drill and simply twist each leg until it shortens enough so that
when it's transferred to the nail it is kept taut. Pick up the two legs
together and reverse the direction of the drill. As you rotate the
drill you will feel the leader start to relax and lengthen. If you go
too far it will start to tighten up again. Simply reverse it for a
couple of turns; when you have the right amount of twist it will simply
lay out flat.

Maybe I'm crazy, but after the first couple of tries, I started to
enjoy myself. I'd put on some music, set the board on my workbench and
in about 30 minutes I'd have a leader.

So it looks like I'm the only ROFFian who admits to using a furled
leader (much less making them). I got a similar reaction when I first
asked about them a while back.


Chuck Vance (who figured they'd at least have some adherents
among the bamboo and silk "crowd")