antigoth24 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 anyone know what the type of twist is called where you cut halfway into a bar to make "squares" that form a kind of spiral staircase effect when you twist it...sorry if its not clear i cant find a picture. thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 What you need to do is a search of Hofi's work and see all of his twists, in some of them he has tutorials. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 A few years ago I did this one for a sample - some call them a cube twist or Rubik's twist or...... - JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antigoth24 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 thats exactly it! thanks very much....how do you just cut into one side of the corner and twist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hammer Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I first saw this twist on a small project at a guild meeting in PA several years ago. I have made dozens of them since. It is not difficult and can be used as an element of many projects. I am including a progression picture and several projects I used it on. Study the progression picture. It is desirable to upset the ends of the bar before you start making the twist. If you don't, the ends will appear to be smaller. See the small (bend) sculpture to see what I mean. It is important to make the grooves very deep. If you don't, the cubes will not pop out as well. The deeper the grooves are, the more the cubes will pop out. The hand-drawn picture shows how to cut. After the cross cuts are made, heat the bar EVENLY and twist. If the metal bends into an arc when you twist it, lay it on a piece of wood and hit it with a leather or wooden hammer to straighten it. When I started making them, I used a hacksaw to make the cross cuts. Then I started using a zip disk on an angle grinder (be very careful). The handle is on a fire place tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antigoth24 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 this is terrific thanks so much for the help! im using it on the trunk of a "tree" with a hangin orb for a county fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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