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First, this is a great forum with amazing experts. I am not only new to the forum but also new to pen making. I have been making slim wood pens and the results have been ok so far. Now I started to do "fatter" pens and I am running into problems. I have been using my lathe to drill holes into...

I went to Hartville and bought the nova voyager dvr 18" drill press full size and hooked it up today got the latest firmware installed and runs smooth and quite. Drilled my holes straight which was nice and drilled them really smooth in my opinion it was worth it. I will post a picture soon

Hello All, I am toootally new to woodturning (so new that I don't have a lathe yet). I come to woodturning from the pen perspective. I recent;y developed a fascination for fountain pens (or better, I rediscovered it as I remember being fascinated by them as a kid). Even more recently I made a...

I just returned a drill press I purchased because I discovered it only has a drill depth of 2 inches - not much use for drilling pen blanks. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for a make/model of BENCH model drill presses that they are happy with for drilling pen blanks? I'd...

What's the best way to cleanly and accurately drill a blank for a 5 inch brass tube when my drill press only has 3 inches worth of downward reach? I thought about flipping the blank, but realized that any minor change in any one of the adjustment variables would mean the two holes would be...