Thread: Nova Viking Drill Press

Originally Posted by aarggh

I also have the Viking and love it. I didn't have room for the Voyager, and couldn't justify the cost as I already have a large knee mill for grunt work. But I find the Voyager suits all my needs for timber, and smaller metal work with plenty of power. The smoothness and lack of noise in operation is a joy. Couldn't recommend it highly enough. The reversing and auto start features are incredibly useful as well.

Ive owned the viking for a little bit but it wasnt used much as im settling into a new workshop. Recently ive been making chisel holder racks for my lathe with forstner bits and im loving the depth stop, auto start and reverse once the depth is met not to mention the noise reduction. its completely different experience to my last drill press ive owned.

Does anyone use mortise chisel bits with it at all and recommend a setup with clamps or just a decent set of chisel bits? I'm wondering if its something that has to be setup for the one off batch job or can the mortise attachments remain for your typical drilling tasks? Wondering if its more of a pain than just getting a smaller benchtop chisel mortise machine

Cheers,
Nathan