Quote Originally Posted by Royce View Post
We'll give this a try. Thanks. My only concern is that, although he has SOME use of both arms, he has little to no dexterity in his hands or fingers. When wrapping guides he doesn't actually grip the blank with his fingers but, more or less lays the side of his hand on the blank and turns it by rolling the blank with the side of his hand. If some sort of elastic provides enough resistance to keep the blank from spinning BACKWARD I wonder if it will also provide enough resistance to keep him from being able to turn the blanks FORWARD.

We'll give this a try before we "over-engineer" something. Thanks for the ideas.
Royce,

I see your concern. I vary the tension that the elastic band puts on the blank by using a shorter or longer band. Or by having multiple screws lined up vertically in which to attach the elastic band. I use a lot of tension on thicker blanks and the butt end of the blanks and less tension on tips. You may have to "tune" it a bit to get the correct tension for your veteran to function properly and easily.

I really hope you get something worked out for the guy.