Jigs for turning

[Derek]

Yesterday spent the day making a couple of jigs as I am starting another turning project and realised that I need some way of holding a sphere so that I can hollow them. If the wood was large enough I could have hollowed after turning the outside.
Anyway around the problem is a doughnut jig, while I am at it some kind gentleman from another forum made me a couple of bits for another project so I completed that one as well.
I know the piece in the doughnut jug is not a sphere but it is the piece that I need for the job.
The first is the small doughnut jig. And the second an earing hole jig.

I still want a larger doughnut jig as well as a steady rest I have all the materials for these so may even get around to them sometime

[Twisted Trees]

I use the doughnut jig too, not made or used the earring one perhaps I should

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Sometimes the making of the jigs is more enjoyable than making the object.

[Derek]

Sometimes the making of the jigs is more enjoyable than making the object.

Yes it is. Today however I had a very enjoyable day at my local woodturning club listening to Joey Richardson give a demonstration

[bodrighywood]

Maybe i am being thick but explain the ear ring jig for me?

Pete

[Derek]

Maybe i am being thick but explain the ear ring jig for me?

Pete

Sorry that may be me it is for drilling the holes in an earring stand not the earrings themselves . I must get in the habit of re-reading my post before posting it

Making mine in 4 pieces with the upright and finial from contrasting wood and the base and top and bottom from another wood

[bodrighywood]

I did wonder but as I use the indexing on my lathe to do my marking wasn't sure.

Pete

[Twisted Trees]

I did wonder but as I use the indexing on my lathe to do my marking wasn't sure.

Pete

We obviously looked at the picture from different angles, I saw a hole jig that can be put on to the blank before it goes into the lathe, this has advantages over drilling after shaping as your blank will have a flat surface.

Derek, any chance you could add the jig photos to your thread in Tool Tips https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/index.php/topic,5916.0.html

[Derek]

I did wonder but as I use the indexing on my lathe to do my marking wasn't sure.

Pete

We obviously looked at the picture from different angles, I saw a hole jig that can be put on to the blank before it goes into the lathe, this has advantages over drilling after shaping as your blank will have a flat surface.

Derek, any chance you could add the jig photos to your thread in Tool Tips https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/index.php/topic,5916.0.html

I completely forgot that I had started that one

[bodrighywood]

I have a completely different system by the sound of it. As I tend to make ear ring stands as bread and butter items, a dozen or so at a time I do them as quickly as possible. Drilling is done with a pillar drill and one side of the disc is flat. Works for me.

Pete

[Twisted Trees]

We all develop different ways of doing pretty much the same thing, and there is nothing wrong with that. I don't sell many earring stands, Bracelet stands by the dozen, and last year a bunch of necklace stands for market stall holders. But earring stands probably half dozen a year. Perhaps that is because I don't yet have a formula I like for making them. So I will give Derek's jig a try maybe it will lead to something that is small easy to post and most importantly fun to make.