Barley Twist

[stairman]

First paid lathe work took me 14 hours (don't have a Legacy JFC)
http://gofor.whatisruleone.com/barley%20twist%20003.jpg
http://gofor.whatisruleone.com/Barley%2 ... %20001.jpg
Had to match the exsting cast iron spindles

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice - any work-in-progress shots ?

Andrew

 

[stairman]

sorry no work-in-progress shots was to engrossed in making it to remember the camera

 

[JFC]

I wont tell you how long it would take on the Legacy but i will tell you i wouldn't even know where to start doing it by hand . Very skillful !

 

[luthier49]

Here you are PowerTool,

Here`s a link to one of my posts I made some time ago making a barley twist.

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8942&highlight=barley+twist

 

[houtslager]

yep, nicely done there reminds me of many a gate leg tables I had to replace the odd legs on