Curved mag needle jigs?

[JohnnyChaos]

Does anywhere sell these? or do people usually just curve them by hand, or make their own jigs from straight mag ones?

[peter clements]

Lauro Paulini used to do some nice ones,I think Unimax and Dermographics hold them aswell.

[JohnnyChaos]

Thanks Peter. Non of them seem to sell curved jigs now. I might just have to make one.

[Administrator]

http://www.needlejig.com/Needle_Making.html

[Sage Oz]

Needlejig curved mag jigs are awesome, I have two that are still used that I bought from him at a inkslingers convention about 12 years ago.

[Sage Oz]

For really large curved mags I use the concave of a plastic spoon

[Inkslingers]

I use a circle template...cut in half where the circles are...makes any degree you want, any size mag you want. Works better then anything else I have tried.circle.jpgAt a cost of like $3.00...fuck those jigs!

[Amoebadesigns]

I can vouch for the Needlejig curved mag jig...I haven't made needles in a few years but if I ever do again I still have mine. Its awesome.

[JohnnyChaos]

I use a circle template...cut in half where the circles are...makes any degree you want, any size mag you want. Works better then anything else I have tried.circle.jpgAt a cost of like $3.00...fuck those jigs!

haha. genius! that's a great idea.

[Inkslingers]

haha. genius! that's a great idea.

I was looking to make a curved bug one day and needed something...tried a few different things but that worked out the best. I don't bother with jigs because they slow me down. The guy who taught me to make needles does it (curves) with a razor blade and a flip of the wrist, gets them right every time.