The new NOVA pen ‘plus’ jaws easily convert your NOVA chuck into a fast and accurate pen blank drilling facility. The big jaw profile provides a vibration free, solid grip for all sizes of pen blanks and an accurate centered hole every time. Being able to finely control the drill feed on the lathe is a big advantage to prevent break out on those delicate pen walls. Also perfect for squaring up the pen blank ends after gluing in the pen kit tubes. These unique jaws are designed especially to hold pen blanks for drilling. But there’s a lot more to them than that their solid, heavy duty design means not only will they hold pen blanks securely, but they are also powerful enough to handle larger and longer spigot work (the ‘plus’ in pen plus) . These heavy duty jaws secured by two screws for each jaw segment have an internal profile to accept square turning blanks. With a rock solid grip over 1-1/2 in. long these jaws can handle larger squares and rounds with ease and minimal vibration. Also perfect for squaring up the pen blank ends after gluing in the pen kit tubes.
- Hold pen blanks for drilling
- Vibration free, solid grip for all sizes of pen blanks and an accurate centered hole every time
- Perfect for squaring up the pen blank ends after gluing in the pen kit tubes
- Fine control over drill feed
- 2 year-full replacement
Scottie Pagac (verified owner) –
I thought that these Pen Plus jaws would be ideal to make finials. They are! The picture is my first attempt to do so. It is a 3/4×3/4×9 inch piece of Cherry. I used a live center initially round the work piece and tapered the past inch or so before I removed the the live center. The finial is still a work in progress, but I am very pleased with the performance of the jaws as well as my first attempt to turn a finial. I highly recommend these jaws for this kind of work (I do not do pens). The jaws will hold both Square and round work pieces of larger diameter which are spelled out in the manual. Be sure to download and READ the manual since there are some safety measures to observe (the manual is also included with the jaws).
Itzel Hessel (verified owner) –
Was very easy install
Bobbie Hauck (verified owner) –
This is a good chuck for working with pen blanks. It serves mainly an alternative to a drill press. Other than that, its small size limits its usefulness.
Sunny DuBuque (verified owner) –
Works great for pen turning and drilling tube holes.
Ronaldo Reynolds (verified owner) –
Superior to using a drill press for drilling the hole and squaring the blank
Finn Rohan (verified owner) –
Very easy to use and sets the hole in my pen blanks at dead center. It definitely comes as advertised
Dorothea Stokes (verified owner) –
great grip, fits the nova chucks I have, holds the wood stable
Marjorie Predovic (verified owner) –
Very easy to use. Very straight forward to install in Nova 3 chuck. Well worth the money and with this no drill press or drill vise is needed everything is done on the lathe. Love this item!!
Josh Haley (verified owner) –
The jaws holds pen blanks and makes fast and easy drilling on the lathe. Dead deter drilling now.
Alysson Koelpin (verified owner) –
Just as good as I expected. Holds pen blanks securely for drilling.
German Marks (verified owner) –
Picked up the jaws for my Nova chuck the other day, I was messing around with drilling pen and bottle stopper blanks on the lathe today, works as designed but two cautions. 1. lock your blank in the jaws (head stock) and start lathe at a slow speed, make sure you do not have any wobble in the blank before drilling, if your blank is not square or if you do not have the jaws locked into the chuck (as per directions) it will cause wobble. 2. make sure your jacobs chuck is firmly locked into the tailstock and drill bit is firmly in the jacobs chuck. Failure to do this wil cause off center drilling. Also make sure the tailstock is locked down on the bed.I recommend that you drill a few holes in various scrap to get familiar with the process, you will be “pushing” a static drill bit into a spinning wood blank, frequent back out to clean the chips and saw dust is required and you will be moving the tailstock unless you have an exceptionally long tail stock insertion depth.I think this is easier and more accurate than a drill press and keeps me working at the lathe, it has sped up my producton times and as I gain more experience I expect to be faster.
Leonardo Pagac (verified owner) –
A must needed accessory if making pens and other smaller wood turning projects.
Florida Lynch (verified owner) –
This is a must have item, made drilling blanks and cutting to finish size easier than I imagined possible. Now I set up all my blanks of a certain size, drill them all at once, glue in the tubes and then turn around and level off the tops in much less time.
Keon Harvey (verified owner) –
Very good deal, especially free shipping.
Karson Hansen (verified owner) –
Best way to mount pen blanks for accurate drilling.
Clara Koch (verified owner) –
Item was delivered quickly, in excellent condition.
Jayden Hane (verified owner) –
Added this to my Nova chuck to drill center holes in my pen blanks. It was easy to assemble and worked great. Would highly recommend this product.
Angela Turcotte (verified owner) –
I began using this chuck as soon as it arrived. Terrific addition to my shop!
Erna Murray (verified owner) –
Worked well to drill my pen blanks. Holds the pieces securely.
Marilyne McGlynn (verified owner) –
Very easy to use. And works way better then a drill press and vise!