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[Jerry Gilman]

Goblet is covered in Gold Leaf with Ebony accents, the stem is a triple twist.

The shell is a lidded box on an Ebony stand 8" tall.

[John Taylor]

Can I just say WOW that is some very impressive and beutiful work.

john

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Jerry! Beautiful detail work on the goblet and I love the color contrast. The box is unique and a great idea. Once again you did a really good job on the detail work and finish. Seriously nice work!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are beautiful Jerry. The attention to detail is great. Nice job.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Great job Jerry! Nice work! I'd like to hear more about how you do those twists.:)

[Jerry Gilman]

Chris, I will post a simple tutorial soon.

Thanks

[Mark Pruitt]

Very nice! I too would like to know details about the triple twist.

[Rich Stewart]

Ditto here. Nice job. I like 'em.

[Keith Burns]

Very nice pieces Jerry !!

[Brett Baldwin]

Nice work Jerry. The orientation of the grain on the "shell" really works well.

[Jerry Gilman]

Here are simple instructions to carve a twisted stem.

1- Look at figure 1 (end view of the stem). Draw cross hairs on both ends
of the stem, then continue the cross hairs down the length of the stem
until you connect to the other ends cross hairs.

2- Measure the diameter of the stem (I used 3/8 inches in the drawing,
but it can be any diameter). Now using that measurement, devide
the length of the stem in equal sections of the same measurement.
See Step 2 in the drawing.

3- With the long lines drawn down the length of the stem and the sections
marked off around the stem, you can begin to mark the twist (bine)
lines. Look at step 3 on the drawing, the dark heavy black lines are
then drawn to connect each section in a spiral around and down the
of the entire stem.

4- The final step in laying out the markings is to draw the cut lines (drawn
in red) that lay between the 4 spirals that wrap around the entire
stems length.

5- Use either fine carbide rasps, round files or 80 grit paper wrapped
around a small drill bit, to begin to file the twists. Simply follow cutting
the red lines as you very slowly turn the stem on the lathe by hand.
You can widen the twist or bine by simply holding the file at a wider
angle to the cut line.

Take your time and cut slow, you can use finner grits as you near the
final form. Make sure to leave at least 1/2 inch at each end of the stem
uncut (no twist) so you have room to turn a tenon on each end.

I've so far been able to cut a quadtrupple open twist (center of stem
is hollow) on a 1/4 diameter stem and place another single twist 1/16
diameter inside it. "A twist within a twist"

Good Luck