Router Jig

[jttheclockman]

Does anyone use a router to enhance their pens.??? Maybe you have a jig set-up that you do not mind sharing. Looking to put some stripes in a miniture pool cue. The kind that has points on the end. It is tapered. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[rlharding]

The only thing I can tell you is that there are lots of examples on the web. I have too much time on my hands, or is it money to spend... anyway, I spend a lot of time looking at wood turning sites of all types. I always read the articles and tips as there is a wealth of information out there. I have often seen pictures of router set ups. In fact somebody on the forum has posted a picture of a legacy mill set up. I would think anyone who is handy could look at the setup and do something similar.

 

[Sfolivier]

Anthony Turchetta is the one who uses the legacy mill to turn spiral pens ("Trieste" series). I believe that his article is in the library, or in the articles of the Pen Turners Guild's website.

 

[RMB]

A simple jig that I have seen for making horizontal cuts is an L shapped plywood contraption. The bottom of the L simply slides along the lathe bed. The tall part of the L has a clamp of some kind that holds a laminate trim router, dremel, whatever horizontally, and at the height of the center of your turning.

 

[jwoodwright]

This is a piece of cake with the Legacy. I got mine for Christmas and I'm still not where I want to be...

Serge from Australia has a jig he built with the laminate trimmer.

 

[jttheclockman]

Well I don't have a legacy so that is out. Does this Serge from australia have a web site or an email or pictures of his set-up??? The hard part is to be able to slide the router along either a straight line or a tapered line. Using a small laminate trimer is ideal for things like this. May have to expand this question to turning sites.