Any thoughts on the Turners Warehouse Pen Drilling Vise?

[jimpenna]

HI,
I am looking for a vise for DP drilling. Anyone have experience with this? Can't seem to get an answer on the PHD vise and this looks pretty close.

 

[dogcatcher]

Read my last post on this thread. http://www.penturners.org/forum/f30/yes-another-dp-thread-150834/

 

[longbeard]

HI,
I am looking for a vise for DP drilling. Anyone have experience with this? Can't seem to get an answer on the PHD vise and this looks pretty close.

Hi John
Chad at Turnerswarehouse is a great guy to deal with.
If you have any questions about any of the products, he's fairly easy to get a hold of.

As far as the pen drilling device goes, its a dandy tool for holding blanks.
A must have if your are using a drill press for drilling blanks.



Harry

 

[Woodchipper]

Here is what I use. Uses a HF vise. Align the blank to the drill bit. I also use it for squaring the blank with the pen mill. If you use one of the drilling vises, the DP table must be level. Mine isn't- that's why I align with the drill bit.

 

[magpens]

I think the best approach to drilling blanks is to get the (cheaper) component pieces to do the drilling on your lathe and learn to do that.

The improvement in quality of the drilled hole is very impressive. You will never regret going this route.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

I've been using one I got this year. I got it because it is "self centering" and (more importantly) it uses a cam/lever action to hold the blank - which is a huge improvement over my old threaded one. It's available on Amazon for less than the one you are considering (Woodcraft, too, but more $).

https://www.amazon.com/Savannah-762...pID=418KgyzZfSL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

FWIW, I drill on both the lathe and on the dp. Both methods give good results but the dp MUST be set up properly to be accurate. Once that is done, though, I believe the dp knocks out excellent holes a lot faster. Which is important if you're doing a run of a number of pens.

 

[jimpenna]

Thanks for the suggestions...

Going to go with the Turners Warehouse one. I usually do drill on the lathe, have since the beginning, but would like a little faster method to drill a number of blanks at once.

 

[jxdubbs]

Going to go with the Turners Warehouse one. I usually do drill on the lathe, have since the beginning, but would like a little faster method to drill a number of blanks at once.

I'm interested in the T.W. pen blank vise. And I was wondering if you ended up going with that one and if you liked it or not? To me seems the most sold vise for pens I've seen.

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[jimpenna]

WEnt with the Exotic Blanks one. Looks to be the same, but less expensive. I was already placing another order so went with it. Works VERY well.

https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pen-Blank-Drilling-Centering-Vise-USA-Made.html

 

[jxdubbs]

WEnt with the Exotic Blanks one. Looks to be the same, but less expensive. I was already placing another order so went with it. Works VERY well.

https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pen-Blank-Drilling-Centering-Vise-USA-Made.html

Thank you.

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[jxdubbs]

WEnt with the Exotic Blanks one. Looks to be the same, but less expensive. I was already placing another order so went with it. Works VERY well.

https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pen-Blank-Drilling-Centering-Vise-USA-Made.html

I was going to go with that one but there out of stock which sucks because it the cheaper price. Of well. How easy is it to hve a sacrificial board underneath?

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[jxdubbs]

So what is the drill method for pen blanks?
Drill press, on the lathe, do u use speacial bits?
Idk I again blew up three more blanks in a row. (All ACRYLIC) I'm losing faith in myself. Is what I'm doing wrong its its obviously something tht I'm doing wrong.[emoji47][emoji1785][emoji2961][emoji35][emoji2959][emoji2962]

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[jxdubbs]

So I talked to Ed for Exotic Woods and he said there sold out because the guy that made them is off his feet right now and I guess pretty much blind. (I hope he gets better) so I'm going to have to go with the Turner's warehouse. Or go with the Tim Giest one.

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[jxdubbs]

WEnt with the Exotic Blanks one. Looks to be the same, but less expensive. I was already placing another order so went with it. Works VERY well.

https://www.exoticblanks.com/Pen-Blank-Drilling-Centering-Vise-USA-Made.html

You got the last one from that guy I guess he's off his feet for awhile

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