Not part of the plan

I bought some more wire today.  Tonight I started working on making some more coils.  Last time I did 5-6 coils at a time, and made more as I went.  Tonight I was thinking I might just sit down and take the time to put all 200 feet of wire into coils. 

I got 3 coils made and at the end of the fourth coil this happened:

This was NOT part of the plan.  My dowel snapped in half.

I can't remember if I wrote about switching over to a wooden dowel or not.  I decided to give it a try, because I could drill a small hole near the drill end.  Place the start of the wire in the hole, and it is much easier to start the wire this way. 
The wooden dowel was a bit long then the metal screw I had been using.  And I was not able to drill a hole into the metal dowel.  I need a vise or something to hold it steady, and I don't have one.

I will make a new dowel tomorrow and continue with the coils.