hilltopper46
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Several years ago I made a pendant jig from plans posted on the internet by David Mueller. I have made a LOT of pendants over the years with that jig. It has gotten to the point it is no longer running as true as I would like.
I saw the Duxbury jig somewhere on line and I thought I would try that - I made a few pendants with it but there are some things I don't care for.
So last week I was hit by an unexpected surge of creativity and decided to try making one of my own design. I thought I would post it here for comments, etc. If anyone had done this or something similar to it I am not aware of it - I was inspired by both the David Mueller jig and the Duxbury jig.
The two things I wanted in the jig were the ability to re-clock the workpiece without removing the jig from the lathe, and for the offset to be linear. I seem to have succeeded with the jig is pictured here.
The jig is shown with a screw driver engaging the screw that clamps the mount for the workpiece for re-clocking it for grain alignment or decorative purposes. The other side is what I call a lead screw that lets me use a socket driver to offset the workpiece to drill and finish a hole, or to do decorative turning on the workpiece. The workpiece is held to a pedestal with double-sided tape. The mount for the pedestal is dovetailed to hold it into the jig.
This second picture shows the workpiece offset and preparing to drill hole into the pendant.
I have 5 or 6 hours in the making of this jig, which includes some testing time. If I made another I think I could do it in 2 or 3 as some trial and error stuff is behind me.
Making this was so much fun that I am thinking about building another one which would use a different method to hold both the slider and the workpiece in position. I have made 6 or so pendants on this one now and it is working very well.
The last picture is the last pendant I made on it this afternoon. I left it mounted as I intend to take it to our local club meeting this coming Monday.
I saw the Duxbury jig somewhere on line and I thought I would try that - I made a few pendants with it but there are some things I don't care for.
So last week I was hit by an unexpected surge of creativity and decided to try making one of my own design. I thought I would post it here for comments, etc. If anyone had done this or something similar to it I am not aware of it - I was inspired by both the David Mueller jig and the Duxbury jig.
The two things I wanted in the jig were the ability to re-clock the workpiece without removing the jig from the lathe, and for the offset to be linear. I seem to have succeeded with the jig is pictured here.
The jig is shown with a screw driver engaging the screw that clamps the mount for the workpiece for re-clocking it for grain alignment or decorative purposes. The other side is what I call a lead screw that lets me use a socket driver to offset the workpiece to drill and finish a hole, or to do decorative turning on the workpiece. The workpiece is held to a pedestal with double-sided tape. The mount for the pedestal is dovetailed to hold it into the jig.
This second picture shows the workpiece offset and preparing to drill hole into the pendant.
I have 5 or 6 hours in the making of this jig, which includes some testing time. If I made another I think I could do it in 2 or 3 as some trial and error stuff is behind me.
Making this was so much fun that I am thinking about building another one which would use a different method to hold both the slider and the workpiece in position. I have made 6 or so pendants on this one now and it is working very well.
The last picture is the last pendant I made on it this afternoon. I left it mounted as I intend to take it to our local club meeting this coming Monday.
