New Teknatool NOVA Voyager DVR Drill Press

[Shane Holland]

Now sure if you guys have seen this new NOVA Voyager DVR Drill Press from Teknatool, but it's got some pretty cool features.

The world's first smart Drill Press combines the best features of Drill presses with state of the art technology to make your project work more efficient, fun and safer. The NOVA Voyager DVR Drill Press is the most versatile Drill Press on the market, easily able to handle Wood, Metal, Plastics and Glass. It combines the proven technology with some great new features with intelligent ADAPTIVE CONTROL software that works for you to produce optimum conditions for your specific projects. The most innovative advancement since motors were first added to Drill Presses almost a century ago!

We're taking orders now for early November shipment.

Order the NOVA Voyager DVR Drill Press

 

[Carquest]

Does the suggested speed menu offer any options for metal or other materials other than wood?

 

[PreferrablyWood]

I want

 

[Shane Holland]

Does the suggested speed menu offer any options for metal or other materials other than wood?

[member=59945]Carquest[/member], yup, check out these videos. Pretty cool actually. You can configure preset speeds to your liking as well.

Also, you can check out the manual online.

 

[antss]

Shane- is T. Nut hoping to be carrying those ?

 

[Shane Holland]

Shane- is T. Nut hoping to be carrying those ?

[member=727]antss[/member] - Yes, we are offering them for pre-order right now.

 

[Wooden Skye]

[member=48572]Shane Holland[/member]

Shane. Have you seen one in person?  It always appears to be very short for a floor drill press.  I know you could build a base to raise.

 

[antss]

Shane- is T. Nut hoping to be carrying those ?

[member=727]antss[/member] - Yes, we are offering them for pre-order right now.

Hmmm,  maybe I should call right now before the manuf. asks you to stop taking pre orders ?  [wink] [wink]

 

[Shane Holland]

Shane. Have you seen one in person?  It always appears to be very short for a floor drill press.  I know you could build a base to raise.

[member=14478]Wooden Skye[/member], I have not seen it in person. It's not been released yet to the general public. Let me see if I can get some information on the height of the machine and height range of the table. I'll let you know those specs when I get them.

 

[Carquest]

Please do, the machine appears to be fairly short, which would make it a little cumbersome to use unless it was put on a riser. Otherwise, I think this drill press may be exactly what I am looking for. Thanks

 

[rvieceli]

[member=59945]Carquest[/member] here's a link to their site.
http://www.teknatool.com/products/WoodShop/Drill Press/NOVA_Drill_Press.htm

The specs say the distance from the quill to the base is about 41 inches. Like you said seems short.

But they say on the website that the production models should be taller but don't say whether the listed specs are the production or the pre-production model.

I'd also be interested in what the specs are for runout.

 

[Carquest]

Thank you, should of thought to google it lol.

 

[ali]

the range of drill speeds is very impressive from one motor, excellent for multi material use

 

[Cheese]

Here's an earlier thread on the Nova DVR.
http://festoolownersgroup.com/other...ill-press-anyone-own-one/msg471769/#msg471769

 

[Shane Holland]

The only dimension that I could get from Teknatool is that it's 68" tall. They said they would be able to provide more measurements once they have production units around the 1st.

Edited for new information, below.

Overall height = 70-5/8" (whew)
Spindle to base = 48

 

[Xoncention]

The only dimension that I could get from Teknatool is that it's 68" tall. They said they would be able to provide more measurements once they have production units around the 1st.

Having a drill press available on the market that has no belts to change will be something worth having.  Their motor system on the lathe is great.

 

[Michael Kellough]

They have plenty of experience designing lathes but this is their first drill press.
Even a novice would realize that this thing is too short for a floor model
and too tall for a bench model.

And if all they need to do is avoid cutting the column too short?

 

[Wooden Skye]

The only dimension that I could get from Teknatool is that it's 68" tall. They said they would be able to provide more measurements once they have production units around the 1st.

[member=48572]Shane Holland[/member]

Thank you for getting this info.

 

[Shane Holland]

All, news flash, I just got some new information regarding the specs/dimensions!  [big grin]

Overall height = 70-5/8" (whew)
Spindle to base = 48"

So, it's more along the height one would expect.

 

[antss]

So, the prototypes were sized / manuf. for the vertically challenged ?