Barley Twists

[Duiker]

Has anyone ever turned "barley twists"? I have a clock at home that my Dad made some years ago. It sits on two ebony barley twist legs and it bugs me that I dont know how he did it. I know he mentioned something about "doing it by hand" but I cant imagine how?

Come on you guys, I know one of you clever buggers will know :lol:

 

[Adam]

See here https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8942

Adam :wink:

 

[Duiker]

Cheers Adam,

Much better explanation than anything else I managed to find on my own I guess I'm just terminally lazy :roll:

Thanks again, I'll give it a go when I get time as I have a skeleton clock mechanism which I would like to mount on barley twist legs. I'll let you all know how I get on.

KR

Mick

 

[Hans]

Hi Mick,

The best explanation I know of is the book Techniques of spiral work by Stuart Mortimer, ISBN 0-85442-063-0

Hans

 

[Duiker]

Hoi Hans,

Bedankt!