KIWI COMPANY REINVENTS DRILL PRESS
A drill press — a handy thing to have. You don’t need anything too flash because it does a pretty simple job. Clamp the workpiece down, install the right bit, switch it on, and pull the handle. Job done.
Not so fast. An innovative Kiwi company has almost reinvented the drill press, and its version is taking over the world. Despite being more than twice the price of a standard machine, the Nova Voyager is virtually the only drill press moving off the shop floor, according to its retailers in the States. Now, Nova is applying that step change in technology to a benchtop model that every DIY woodworker or home mechanic should consider.
Nova is the tool brand of Teknatool International. Based in Albany in Auckland, it made its name manufacturing lathes. Director Brian Latimer says the company knew it could never compete with the big manufacturing concerns on their terms.
“We were always going to be a boutique manufacturer, so
