For anybody interested, here is a very good Library article ..... ( I can't seem to identify the actual author ... would acknowledge if I knew )
... describes (with pictures) a good way to hold the nib for drilling by using a homemade hardwood collet.
Using a 25/06 brass and bullets. Click on the image below to begin download of PDF. Author: Rick Herrell
www.penturners.org
EDIT: - With a little "digging", the author is rherrell. . I cannot seem to read the article without first downloading it to my own computer.
Would appreciate hearing if the article can be read "in situ", without first downloading, and how to do that.