Hi Bob

Bob do you have a drill press ?
If so, you could build a jigg to drill the blanks on the drill press.
If not, get the smaller jaw set for your lathe chuck.

Bob Darrah wrote:

I'm on so many meds I can't think straight anymore, but my heart keeps on
ticking!

I'm trying to figure out how I could put a 3/4" or 5/8" square pen blank in
a chuck so I can drill it on the lathe. I have a Jacobs chuck but it is only
1/2". I have a Nova chuck and could get smaller jaws but is there a better
way of accomplishing this?