Products CSCPENCHK Dedicated Pen Drilling Lathe Chuck

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).

The media could not be loaded.  Like many hobbyists, I have a smaller shop and being able to use only my lathe and a couple chucks to do the entire project is a huge convenience for me. Even when I was using a drill press, getting the vice perfectly aligned for a center hole was tricky. This chuck eliminates even needing to mark a center, just put the drill chuck in the tail stock and this chuck in the head stock and you know your hole will be perfectly centered.This also allows me to center larger blanks for bottle stoppers.I’m really enjoying it! I’ve been able to make some nice items

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.

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.

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.

A real game changer for drilling blanks! I love it, well worth the money. Pays for itself in saving blow-outs, I did find you need to use a centering bit first to put a divot in the blank, then use the drill bit.

It’s so much easier and more accurate than a drill press! Only wish I would have bought it sooner!

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.

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.

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.

So far working better then I could imagine high quality product very happy with my purchase

Were has this tool been hiding its fantastic so simple to drill pen blanks straight down the middle.

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.