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This isn't so much an answer as an example workflow for a one-off.. plenty of other ways would be just as good, I'm sure.. This case is deliberately a bit awkward.. non-circular profile, varying diame …

One of the advantages of the Screw modifier is that, with adjustment, it can give nice clean topology on a helix, with parallel subdivisions along the twist-axis, and relatively clean quads. Here's a …

Vertex normals are calculated from some function (usually the average) of adjacent face normals. In the absence of faces, they default to direction-from-object-origin. So the display of normals in a f …

In the neutral position, (so you know where to go back to, if you want,) create another Empty at the origin. Maybe make it sphere-shaped, and make it a bit bigger in its Data tab, so you can see it e …

If you construct your handlebars, at least initially, from the native (round) 'Bevel' of a curve,set in its Data tab > Geometry panel, you can use the same curve to deform the spiral of tape. If you …

Would recommend Deform before Solidify, so the Weld doesn't have to cover internal faces.. ...leaving no defects in normals. (Also, for less experienced users, note the angle of Bend is a soft limit: …

I suspect you've scaled the curve to 0 in one dimension or another, in Object mode, to flatten it. If the object carries that transform, it still will, after being modified. Ctrl A > Apply the scale o …

That's true.. the Screw modifier doesn't seem to know how to display itself in Edit Mode, unless there are faces to display. The screw of a single Mesh vertex is there, if viewed in Object Mode.. an …

There are 2 problems to solve: To distribute the barbs evenly along the length of the curve To do so without distorting the barbs This used to be a typical use for Dupliframes, but they has been r …

Working looking down Z, X across, pivot: 3D Cursor at origin. Start with a plane In Edit mode, GX it to the left, so its left side is at the desired radius of the screw in X, leaving the object's pi …

You probably need to set the 'Flip' checkbox in the Screw Modifier. ;)

You can't reach the the other vertices, because in a sense, there are no vertices there. What is there is a process: a set of instructions for generating vertices from the source geometry, expressed a …

There's another approach I was hesitant to post, because (at least on my not-so-poky machine) it's hard to get the resolution high enough to get clean results, although some judicious use of the Decim …

This might not be quite what you're looking for, but come back (comment) if it isn't.... I'm starting with a 32-sided cylinder, Z-up, rotated RZ in edit mode by 360/64, so its flat sides face down X …

When you increase the Screw setting and stretch the screw, you increase the slope of the helix. Unfortunately, the modifier doesn't automatically tilt the profile correspondingly, so the profile isn't …