Finally got a consistent twist on a 3/8 inch square bar

Kept getting a wobble halfway down, so I tried clamping a piece of angle iron to the anvil as a guide for the first quarter turn. Worked like a charm on the next five pieces. Anyone else have a jig trick for repeatable twists?

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bennett.nora9h ago

Read about someone using a piece of pipe with a slot cut in it as a twisting guide. They'd slide the bar into the pipe, clamp the pipe down, and it kept everything straight for the first full turn. Ever try something like that, or is the angle iron your go-to now?

the_jordan5h ago

Wait, they cut a slot in the pipe? That seems like the hardest part of the whole idea. I'd worry about the bar catching on the rough edge and binding up. My angle iron method is less precise, but it's way faster to set up in my experience.

diana_black7h ago

Oh, the pipe trick sounds clever (and way less likely to end with me dropping everything).