How to Carve a Barley Twist - 1 Marking Out

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In this video we'll be (1) setting up and (2) marking out.
Both are important to get right!

In this first part of the project, I'm using the same jig that I made for the Rope Candlesticks, an extra support and following a similar layout for the bines and troughs.
SEE THE NOTE BELOW.
There's a huge difference in the appearance, however, and the way we carve them also differs. There's also a huge difference between barley twists!
You'll need a woodturner to make the cylindrical blanks.

The Holding Jig:
In the video I mention that I use the same holding jig that I made for the 'Rope Candlestick Project'. Unfortunately this is a reference to a project that won't publish on YouTube until 3 Feb 2027. However, in advance, down below is a link to the download for that project which has details of the jig I made. It's straight forward to make and is a substitute for a woodturner's lathe, which I what I've used to holed this sort of work in the past.

You don't want to make a walking stick?
Well, there's a whole world of Barley Twists out there, not to mention the Victorian boiled sugar confectionery, and this project is really only a taster, a way of getting the methodology across.
Table legs, candlesticks and four-poster beds spring to mind straight away, all approached in a similar way. They come in all shapes and sizes, even pierced.
Search online for inspiration?

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PDF DOWNLOADS

1 Notes and Tool List for the Carving the Barley Twist:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GtUg...

2 Link to the Rope Twist Candlestick project which will publish 3 Feb 2026:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wurq...

Master Woodcarver Chris Pye website: https://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com