To add a little twist

[caretaker]

How do I do that?
I am trying to make a model of a fair ground gallopers, I have done the base, second attempted and now thinking how I am going to do the poles that hold the horses as they have a twist.
It is how do I get the twist that I like to know, If all fails I will do like ridges.
I will turn the wood down to , well as thin as possible by using a drill chuck and the poles will be pen blanks.
Any ideas on this would be appreciated.
Reg...

 

[oddsocks]

How do I do that?
I am trying to make a model of a fair ground gallopers, I have done the base, second attempted and now thinking how I am going to do the poles that hold the horses as they have a twist.
It is how do I get the twist that I like to know, If all fails I will do like ridges.
I will turn the wood down to , well as thin as possible by using a drill chuck and the poles will be pen blanks.
Any ideas on this would be appreciated.
Reg...

Reg, I've never done one but I think you need to apply the barley twist principle. I found this web site link that will give you an idea of how it can be done....

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rhaslip/Rex/workshop/projects/barleytwist/barley.htm

There are no pics on that link (but a mention of a scanner needing to be fixed first!).

EDIT - found a better link on this forum (first searches returned 20 pages!)
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8942&highlight=barley

 

[Paul.J]

This shows you how to do it Reg,even though it's with a goblet.
Paul.J.

 

[bobham]

There is a 3 part series of videos on YouTube on turning a flame finial which demonstrates the techniques for creating a spiral groove.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search

Take care
Bob