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Your cart is empty.Drill a perfectly centered hole in your pen blank or bottle stopper blank directly on your lathe. Thread chuck onto your lathe's headstock spindle. Mount a drill bit in a drill chuck in your lathe's tailstock. Advance drill bit into blank while lathe is spinning. Chuck is pre-threaded to 1" x 8tpi. Weighs 2. 35 lbs. Diameter 3. 25". Includes (2) tightening levers to open and close the chuck jaws. Reversible jaws on chuck will secure blanks up to 2-1/2" square x 5" long. Use the standard jaw position to drill from 1/4" to 1-1/2". Reverse the jaws to drill from 1-1/2" to 2-1/2".
Nick Hoffmeister
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023
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G. Heiss
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023
Bought this for drilling pen blanks (and similar) and it works better than I expected. I have used for round, square, and rectangular blanks with better results than any other way I have tried (several).
Ashok Desai
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2022
The clamp works nicely with square wooden billets; I have not tried it with rectangular ones. Opens wide enough to take a good variety of stock. Centers accurately enough that the billet can be turned around and drilled from both ends, meeting cleanly in the middle. This is a big advantage when turning pens, since even the slightest wobble on the quill end will result in a hole that is flared at one end that won't glue to the tube firmly. By drilling in from both ends you eliminate the worst of this problem. It also helps to avoid blowout.My only reservation is that it can sometimes be difficult to work with resin blanks, which have a tendency to get pushed backward into the jaws as you advance the tailstock quill. I expect this is going to be a problem with most chucks of this nature though.
Victor
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021
Added this pen chuck to my lathe and was very impressed how easily the pen blanks come out with the drilled hole so accurate. No more trying to find the center of the blanks so I can take it to my drill press to get the blank drilled out. Very easy to set up and drill the pen blanks. Highly recommended.
Deadguy
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2020
Works great for square blanks even those which aren’t quite square. Not great for round blanks but that not what it was meant for.
Slowleadmccey
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2020
My son an I had been drilling pen and razor blanks with my drill press. Which works but is a far more involved process than using a blank drilling chuck. I was surprised at how small it is but it is sufficient for blanks up to about an inch-and-a- quarter. It seems well made and operates smoothly.
P. Mendelberg
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
Bought this as a first time pen maker and am very satisfied with its performance. The small tommy bars are a little bit of a pain but I added some longer handles too them since I was always misplacing or looking around for them before. I did have one of the tommy bar tips break off but PSI replaced it no problem. My only regret is now I am expanding to more making things on the lathe and I probably will soon want a bigger and more versatile chuck. If I had known better I might have bought a more expensive type at the beginning instead of using the $90 on this limited use one.
B Starcher
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019
Two major problems. 1. The arms holding the wood could seriously injury the left hand if you get the lathe tool two close. 2. In order to clear the spinning arms I used a 1x1.5 square 12 inches long. As long as the tail stock live center was engaged the piece was sort of stable. As soon as the live center was removed the fingers holding the wood moved at the end of the finger. The result was the wood wobbled and the hole I was drilling was off center. If one used a short piece of wood, maybe three inches it might hold steady. But the danger of a hand being struck by the spinninjg fingers is not worth the risk.
firemanjim
Reviewed in Canada on November 18, 2019
Works well, blanks do not have to be square, hole ends up in centre, clear drill bit of chips often, if using a long bit, hold bit close to chuck to reduce vibration and prevent oversized hole. Takes a little practice but will do a good job once you get used to it. Practice on a couple of scrap pieces before ruining a good blank.
Martin Jacques
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2019
Were has this tool been hiding its fantastic so simple to drill pen blanks straight down the middle.
DerekF
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2018
I have used this chuck to drill both wood and acrylic pen blanks without any problems. Much easier to drill my pen blanks than using a 4 jaw chuck.
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2016
Does not fit a mini lathe 1" 8 tpi must have an adaptor to work on the 3/4 headstock of most minis. "I needed a 3/4 to 1" that i already own" this has saved me from misalignment drill press issues saving me from blowing out small bittle blanks like snakewood and allowes for perfect centering on longer blanks. Built tough and highly recommended
Joe P.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2014
I have only pen turning pens for a short time. I failed several of my first attempts trying to drill a straight hole on a bench top drill press, I could not get everything perfectly level. At the rate I was going this chuck will pay for it's self very quickly. Every blank I've drilled with it has been near perfect. With a little lining up, I've drilled round blanks also. Granted it does take a little longer, but I'm not wasting blanks any longer. Well worth the money, especially if you struggle with the drill press.
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