Tips & Jigs

The following attachments will provide you with some helpful plans to make Jigs to assist with your woodturning. The following links take you to PDF formatted documents that will enable you to print off quality prints as well. They are larger files and may take a few moments to load.

Some of the information contained on these pages is extracted from the Guilds Book on Woodturning titled “The Beginners guide to Woodturning” and copies are available for NZ $20.00

Tips & Jigs

• Aligning the Lathe Head
• Ball Chuck
  
• Bandsaw Jig – Circle Cutter
• Barley Twists
• Basics of Mounting
• Bowl Bottoms
• Bowl Saver Template 
• Box Pattern
• Centre Height Marker
• Chatter Tool 
• Chuck – Mounting Safely
• Chuck Spanner
• Circle Template
• Compass with Pencil 
• Cutting Dowel
• Depth Caliper
• Drill Speeds
• Four Wheel Steady
• Golden Section Gauge
• Hat Press
• Hollow Bud Vase Tools
• Hollow Form Markup 1
• Hollow Form Markup 2
• Hot Glue Chuck
• Index Plate 
• Jewellery Chuck 40
• Jewellery Chuck 50
• Jewellery Chuck Central
  
• Morse Taper
• Multiple Chuck Caliper
• Pen End Sander
• Pen Press
• Profile Follower
• Removable Indexing Plate
• Router Box for Veining
• Ring Sizes
• Sanding Sealer Jar
• Segment Gluing
• Segment Patterns
• Segmented Bowl Worksheet 
• Sharpening Process
• Sharpening Settings
• Sharpening Spacers
• Small Centre Marker
• Spigots
• Spindle Steady – DVR XP
• Spindle Steady – DVR 2024
• Spindle Steady Small
• Spindle Story Board
• Tailstock Handle
• Tailstock Measurer
• Thickness Callipers
• Three Centre Marker
• Thread Size
  
• Threading Jig
• Tool Handle – Single
• Tool Handle – Multiple
• Trestle Legs
• Vacuum Chuck
• Vacuum Coupler
• Vacuum Pump
• Vacuum Tank
• Veining