wound in an orderly manner to this purpose the spring cover 12 is provided with a pair of opposed semi circular cutouts 21 which provide viewing and manipulative access past the spring cover starter pulley 17 the crank handle 13 comprises a shaft 22 which has a proximal end 23 and a distal end 24 nearer to the proximal end than the distal end the handle is crank configured to allow the operator to impart a cranking action to the shaft 22 near the distal end of the shaft is a spring anchor engagement pin 25 prior to placing the engagement pin 25 through a receiving aperture in the shaft 22 the distal end of the shaft is placed through the uppermost portion of the handle bushing 18 and fitted through the bushing to the lower surface 15 of the spring cover at this point the spring anchor engagement pin 25 is then placed through a receiving aperature not shown in the shaft as can be seen in fig1 the spring anchor engagement pin 25 is placed assymmetrically within the shaft so that one end of the pin extends beyond the shaft further than the other end in order to utilize the spring winding tool 11 with the generally available parts of a small engine the operator would utilize several existing parts namely the recoil starter pulley 17 the starter cord 26 the spring anchor 27 and the recoil spring 28 when utilizing the present invention the operator would.