My A&P showed me that “barrel roll” maneuver, too, only he calls it “elliptical”. A rose by any other name… but yours makes more sense. Until then, I couldn’t figure out how to get the safety wire to look tight at both ends.
I like the idea of grinding off the ‘teeth’ of safety wire pliers so it doesn’t knick the wire. I’ll be doing that next.
PS - in addition to folding the pig tails, please, everyone, PLEASE - cut tie-wraps flush, and parallel! Don’t cut across the end, or at an angle! It’s about as painful as trying to hang a curtain on a barbed wire fence in the dark.