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 – added 14 Oct 2020
• Ball Chuck – added 20 Apr 2020
• Bandsaw Jig – Circle Cutter
• Barley Twists
• Basics of Mounting
• Bowl Bottoms *Updated 4 May 2020
• Bowl Saver Template *new 2 Feb 2020
• Box Pattern
• Centre Height Marker
• Chatter Tool * updated 2 Feb 2020
• Chuck Spanner *new 2 Feb 2020
• Circle Template
• Compass with Pencil *new 8 Jun 2020
• Cutting Dowel
• Depth Caliper
• Drill Speeds
• Four Wheel Steady
• Golden Section Gauge
• Hat Press *new 2 Feb 2020
• Hollow Bud Vase Tools
• Hollow Form Markup 1
• Hollow Form Markup 2
• Hot Glue Chuck
• Index Plate *updated 28 Apr 2020
• Jewellery Chuck 40
• Jewellery Chuck 50
• Jewellery Chuck Central *new 27 Jan 2020
• 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 *new 11 Aug 2020
• Tailstock Measurer *new 22 Jun 2020
• Thickness Callipers
• Three Centre Marker
• Thread Size
  
• Threading Jig
• Tool Handle – Single *new 20 Jan 2020
• Tool Handle – Multiple *new 20 Jan 2020
• Trestle Legs
• Vacuum Chuck
• Vacuum Coupler
• Vacuum Pump
• Vacuum Tank
• Veining