Triple reversed twist

[Kent]

Just playing with some different designs from the norm

 

[arther dailey]

Would it look better with a slightly longer gap between twist ? say 3 or 4 inches.Arther

 

[Kent]

Would it look better with a slightly longer gap between twist ? say 3 or 4 inches.Arther

That wasn't the plan it's the reverse that creates the very effect I was after.
Three twists are not uncommon and two twist very common both are generally done cold you see
To reverse a twist you heat and quench in steps

 

[roofman]

Thats a view of a twist ive never noticed before and brings me to the question of what determins the spacing between the spiral edges...is the number of twists a direct relation to the spacing or could you have 6 spiral edges with say a spacing of 50mm between and hows this done??

 

[julianthegypsy]

Nice. It's called a water twist incidentally, because it looks like ripples coming out from the centre. I do it by heating and twisting each side in turn, watching to see that I keep the second twist balanced to the first and don't end up with an odd number of twists on one side. :-)

 

[arther dailey]

That wasn't the plan it's the reverse that creates the very effect I was after.
Three twists are not uncommon and two twist very common both are generally done cold you see
To reverse a twist you heat and quench in steps

Ok, that makes sence, and yes I do like it ,must take quite a knack to get it in line with the original square of the bar time after time when repeated. Arther

 

[gordon stephenson]

I like it just the way it is, Very stylish.

 

[BarrieJ]

Ok, that makes sence, and yes I do like it ,must take quite a knack to get it in line with the original square of the bar time after time when repeated. Arther

Take a heat, about cherry red or thereabouts, decent weight hide mallet and a wooden block or stump, usually brings it into alignment without damaging an edge.

 

[Parm]

I like that, nice and different from the normal stuff

 

[Kent]

I don't find it too hard to keep square certainly don't need to hit it

I use a massive home made tap wrench type tool locking the work in the vice. Can just tweek it back if / as required while hot

Just looking at different finishes presently

 

[arther dailey]

The "tap" wrench sounds to me a accurate way of getting it spot on, finish wise I do like unpainted galvanised especially after the newness wears off, satin black, and the old dark green is good in the country side, all dependant on end location really.Arther

 

[Kent]

Nice. It's called a water twist incidentally, because it looks like ripples coming out from the centre. I do it by heating and twisting each side in turn, watching to see that I keep the second twist balanced to the first and don't end up with an odd number of twists on one side. :-)

It's always been a reserved twist to me
That's what I was told over 25 yrs back by the Smith who taught me anyhow

I notice terms change by region though and Walter who showed me learnt from his dad

 

[Kent]

Thats a view of a twist ive never noticed before and brings me to the question of what determins the spacing between the spiral edges...is the number of twists a direct relation to the spacing or could you have 6 spiral edges with say a spacing of 50mm between and hows this done??

Three three inch sections
There is no space left it's heated up to the last cooled section but reversed
This one is two full turns ( about as tight as you can really without cracking on the edges)

 

[Mick Annick]

Also looks good if you hammer in the corners of the bar before doing the twist, and I know it as a water twist too

 

[Kent]

The "tap" wrench sounds to me a accurate way of getting it spot on, finish wise I do like unpainted galvanised especially after the newness wears off, satin black, and the old dark green is good in the country side, all dependant on end location
really.Arther

It's a twisting wrench made for the bar I am working
Tap wrench is more what it's like but a big old tap wrench would do similar

 

[arther dailey]

Yep I gathered what you meant.Arther

 

[Kent]

The "tap" wrench sounds to me a accurate way of getting it spot on, finish wise I do like unpainted galvanised especially after the newness wears off, satin black, and the old dark green is good in the country side, all dependant on end location
really.Arther

It's a twisting wrench made for the bar I am working
Tap wrench is more what it's like but a big old tap wrench would do similar

 

[norlander]

Very nice. I wouldn't make any changes-I couldn't make it in the first place .
Lots of forgework to be seen over here, a lot of it I suspect done with some machines, but still good; I'll try to get some photos-have to be careful, French are funny about photographs.

 

[Kent]

There is some nice ironwork in France always has been
If we look back I think / suspect that most of our fancy stuff comes from a French lead?

 

[julianthegypsy]

I think there were two schools, and both have borrowed a bit. My brother lives in Strasbourg, in France but on the German border and there is beautiful ironwork all over the place. Having seen lots of both, I appreciate both and can generally spot which is which!