Duckster,

I tried the 'twist until one end breaks' method, but sometimes the wire broke in the middle of the brush, so now I don't do that anymore.

My twister isn't fancy, so as the wire gets shorter from the twisting, I just let the drill motor I'm holding move closer. (rather than having a drop down table I just lift the drill up above the table once the wire has gripped the material...).

I do really like the manufactured one though. That drop down table is slick and the wheel with the reel type handle is neat. I hadn't seen the head cement idea either, and I may start using that little tip on slicker stuff that tends to want to pull out. Sometimes my brushes hang around for while. I've not had a problem with it on the flies once the bush has been 'wrapped', but find some 'shedding' in the container I store them in sometimes.

Thanks for the link.

Buddy