Tommie's Woodturning Tip #2 Making an Indexing Jig

Above is a bowl I just completed out of a beech log. I used a router with a 3/8" core box bit to cut the notches on the outside rim of the bowl. To do this I needed to make a special indexing jig for the router and lathe.

Out of a 3/4" thick circle of MDF, I mounted my Oneway Chuck as shown in the next two pictures. Click on the picture for an enlarged view.

I mounted a sliding bolt latch to the head stock on my lathe as shown. Where it aligned with the MDF, I scribed a bolt circle which I divided up in 24 incriments and drilled to accept the sliding bolt.

I made the table to hold the router out of MDF as shown on a 3/4" dowel to mount in the tool holder.

Here is the router mounted on the table

And here is the finished bowl

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