Pen Press/Drilling Jig

Drill and assemble your pens perfectly with flush fittings and a smoothly-operating mechanism! This dual-purpose jig takes care of both prep work and assembly. It holds your blank firmly in position for drilling, creating a precise, perfectly centered hole the entire length of the pen. Later, it smoothly presses your parts together without any bowing or misalignment. Notched jaws automatically center the blank for drilling, while two countersunk holes center the parts during assembly. Large clamping wheel provides slow, controlled pressure so you’ll never crack a casing again.

After all the careful work of turning, the worst possible thing is to have something go wrong during assembly. The Pen Press/Drilling Jig prevents this from happening in two ways. It ensures a straight hole to accept your mechanism without binding, and it pushes everything together with steady, parallel clamping action. The result is a smooth operating pen, every time. Includes 3 replaceable sacrificial wood blanks for the exit hole in drilling operations. Extruded aluminum base provides space for a shop made drawer. Feet are pre-drilled for mounting to an auxiliary base. Cast aluminum jaws are notched for vertical drilling and countersunk for horizontal pen pressing. Self-centering jaws allow for repeatable drilling of various pen blank sizes. Centered countersink in the jaws allows precise pen pressing without bowing and misalignment. Clamping wheel provides slow, controlled pressure when pressing your pen or clamping your pen blank.

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Pen Press/Drilling Jig Average Rating: 3.1 (30 customer reviews) $99.99 Add your review...

1) Submitted by Antonio Genovesi, from Victorville, CA on 12/31/2010 Customer Rating: After reading some of the reviews I was not sure about buying it. It went on sale and I took a chance. It is a great product. Some people did not like the slow turning wheel. I think it is great. When putting your pens together it gives you complete control. I was using my bench vice and broke som pens because it was hard to control, this is not. Also it makes drilling a snap. I am so glad I bought this as it will save me a lot of time and make things eaiser.

2) Submitted by Ed Eldridge, from Winter Park, FL on 12/27/2010 Customer Rating: I bought this product to save money from buying 2 pieces of equipment. I use the jig to drill my blanks first then change over to a pen press. It’s a little tight trying to get fingers in between jaws when pressing smaller pieces. So I turned two round dowels that fit in the 1” countersink and are turned down to ½”. The length depends on the length of the pen tubes. I also made one with a cone tapered hole to hold the pen tip. It works great.

3) Submitted by Jerry Durr, from Everett, WA on 1/22/2010 Customer Rating: This tool works great for drilling and works great as a drill press. This way you get two tools in one. Thank you Rockler, another great tool.

4) Submitted by Randy Mitchell, from Sun Prairie, WI on 3/10/2009 Customer Rating: Very well built and easy to use. Jaws line up spot on and hold tightly. I love that it opens wider than 2" so larger pieces can be used. I wouldn't use it as a pen press because the threads on the crank are a bit fine, but I didn't buy it for that anyway. I highly recommend this.

5) Submitted by Jeff Levings, from Caledonia, OH on 2/21/2009 Customer Rating: I bought this product to save money from buying 2 pieces of equipment. As of right now I am pretty happy with it. I drill my pen blanks all at one time then remove the toll and put on my bench. Is a little tight trying to get fingers in between jaws when pressing smaller pieces.

6) Submitted by Robert Hollibaugh , from Orofino, ID on 2/13/2009 Customer Rating: I have just recently started making pens and pencils and have been using home made decices for assembly this is my first commercial press. l like the press and clamp. The only complaint I have is it is quite slow on the assembly side. I have tried spraying the threads with silicone and they are still hard to turn and slow to operate hopefully they will wear in, other than that I am well pleased

7) Submitted by Mark Lessinger, from Brocton, NY on 1/1/2009 Customer Rating: A bit clumsy to open and close the jaws when constructing and building a pen. Very hard to keep the jaws level and I have split a pen because I was unaware that the jaws were not level with each other.

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