Paul Douglass
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I want to be able to make spoke wheels for models. Was thinking of doing it on the lathe, making a jig to hold a drill and using the lathe indexer. Looking at the ones I was directed to on the internet, they can be a little complicated. Then I saw a picture on LJ of a jig a model build made to use on the drill press. Looking a the picture, it looked pretty simple to make and use. I made this one. I think the hardest part is going to be centering the blank with the drill bit. I will give it a try tomorrow. The jig was simple to build. I did 24 index holes because that is what my lathe would have had. If I need to make a wheel that uses, say, 16 spokes then I will have to make another wheel to handle it. May just make one anyway just in case. Sure hope it works.
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