A good rule of thumb I've found is to make the staff around level with your chin when looking straight ahead (don't look up or down as it throws it off an inch or two). Just seems to be...
I find I don't have much trouble if I use a ruler, measure where the holes are then wrap the wick. Can usually just get the screw into the hole by hand to get it through the wick before...
Just to carry some of this latter stuff back to near the start of the thread: The lake originally came into it because Arashi was imagining some 'collection' of waveforms that have no e...