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   notDusty | Feb 21, 2006 04:51am | #1

   Hi gc ,         The old Sears table saw books had a section that showed a way of making spiral or twist turnings . We made a few this way when I apprenticed . We layed out the lines and began the cuts on the TS and fed the stock on an angle , like you would on a cove type cut . After the basic shape was established we chucked it on to the lathe and filed and sanded to final shape .

              hope this helps                  dusty

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   qc | Feb 21, 2006 04:54am | #2

   thanks for your reply, I'll try to find a copy of the sears book

    

    

    

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   notDusty | Feb 21, 2006 04:58am | #3

   gc ,       Perhaps try a google search on     making  Barley Twist and spiral turnings.

                            dusty

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   eddiefromAustralia | Feb 21, 2006 01:25pm | #4

   qc,

   Project Gutenberg has a book on turning by Archie S. Milton.

   http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15460

   The last chapter is devoted to cutting/carving a Barley Twist without the router jig that's used this day.

   Cheers,

   eddie

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   chills1994 | Feb 23, 2006 04:56am | #5

   Or you could shell out the big, bigger, or biggest bucks and get yourself a Legacy Ornamental Lathe.

   Do a google search w/ those terms above and their website will pop up?  You can even order their marketing/sales DVD and go oh and ah at all of the wonderful things this gadgett you can do.

   You can do an advanced search here.  I'm sure one of my old threads will pop up.  Some guy posted a link to his website where he evaluated the Legacy Ornamental Lathe.

   One of my old wwing/mags laying around somewhere here describes how to make a rope moulding using the tablesaw and it's miter gage.  There is a finish nail tacked to the miter gage which appropriately indexes the dowel as it is hand spun angled wise into the saw blade.

   Later,

   Chills

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   Ricks503 | Feb 23, 2006 03:01pm | #6

   the old sears router crafter could do that. I think a British firm still makes a version of it, and it can still be had on eBay.1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1