Candy twist..

[Jonzjob]

I do like candy twist candle sticks. They are not too difficult to make and always look the business!!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Spiralpair.jpg

Just to be different I tried to do a 2 in 1-ish. It's Russian olive from a very poorly tree that was in our garden. I started off with something that looked as if it was from a road crash

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Russianolive.jpg

And finished up with a double twist jobbie

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/1Candlestick7.jpg

It stands about 9 1/2" high and was fun to make..

[wheelinround]

Nice work done on both. Is the wood Oak on the first two.?

What the 2nd wood.?

[Acco]

Nice one John, well crafted and love the colouring of the Olive one.

[powderpost]

Top job. The olive stump would have been a real challenge.. :2tsup:
Jim

[Jonzjob]

Top job. The olive stump would have been a real challenge.. :2tsup:
Jim

The 1st bit was done on the band saw to try to get rid of a few of the lumps. After that and the centre was found it wasn't too bad and I was daft enough to make a second one for a good friend who tried to nick it :C Russian olive is a very thorny false olive and even though I cut the sick one down to the ground and cross cut the small stump it's growing back again. Plus, it sent out runners underground and is growning even better a couple of yards away!

The top pair are lightly spalted beech and would you believe that the left hand thread is easier than the riight.. With the left hand jobbie you are drilling the spiral with the grain and the right is against it. I was told about but didn't really believe it until I did it.

If yer not careful they multiply too

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Spiralplus.jpg

[floody_85]

WOW!!! These are fabulous! I'd love to have a go at them. Are they hard to do?

[artme]

Great turning!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[ian thorn]

Wow that is realy nice love the olive:2tsup:

[Jonzjob]

A short WIP?

Start by turning the blank with the top and bottom as you want them. The center section is a cylinder. Mark the center section with a spiral by dividing the vertical into 8 lines as in the photo. Next divide the horizontal into 4 equal parts and draw again as shown. Draw 4 spirals as shown as well. I use a Forstner bit to drill the spirals and with a diameter of about 2 1/4" I use a 12mm Forstner.

Carefully line up with the diagonal lines and make sure that yo don't take the top and bottom holes outside the marks and I set my pillar drill to drill a fraction over 1/2 way through. Put the holes as close together as you can, it makes for a lot less sandng.

lhttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Spiralcandle1.jpg

After all of the spiral has been drilled I remount it on the chuck a carefully hold the top with the tail stock and put a small sanding drum in my Dremel and sand the spirals to get rid of the lumps and start to round off the outer edges. Then use strips of abrasive, about 1/4" wide and 8 or so inches long and snad downd to the shape with course and then work down to 400.

When the spirals are first drilled they are triangular and the inner face will come down to round quite quickly so it's not asd aunting as it sounds.

This is what I mean about the rip out with the right hand thread

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Twisttearout.jpg

I hope that's made it a bit clearer :D

[dr4g0nfly]

Looking at the cracks in the dead branch ends and what looks like a few bug holes, I'm amazed as to what you managed to make from it.

And thanks for the How-to post as well. :2tsup:

[Jonzjob]

The finished double twist is about 2 1/2" diameter at the widest and the 'orrible looking lump to start was about 3" on the actual branch. The lumpy bits stuck out from there so the cracks and the worm holes were fairly superfiscial thankfully!

I quite like doing the WIPs although I've only done about 3 so far. Never thought about it before that?

[Jonzjob]

That Russian olive looks good in a goblet too. This was a little different in that I decided to put an aluminium stem on it. The stem was also turned between centers using a spindle gouge and some abrasive. The alli was from a failed shaft for our swimming pool floating safety cover. Very different but pretty easy and it didn't take the edge off the gouge either!!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Alugoblet1.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Turningalu.jpg

The cup has a couple of holes in it so not too good for a drop of our lovely Minervior red:C:C But it don't arf look nice..

[floody_85]

Beautiful goblet! I quite like the stem.

[Jonzjob]

I was quite nervous when I put the bit of ali on the lathe I have to admit! But I was pleasently surprised when I found it pretty easy to turn and a 3/8" spindle gouge was the best tool to use. It only needed a light sanding after too. I finished up with a huge ball of ali wool at the end!

Russian olive is good to turn and gives a lovely finish. The finish is celulose sanding sealer and a couple of coats of melamine lacquer.