Drill Press Problem

Re: Drill Press Problem

Don Evans

>It may just be dry. Remove the chuck and MT with your drill drift (hopefully a drift came with the DP. Turn it upside down and spray some PB Blaster into it and let it soak. You can use WD40 if you don't have Blaster but I just prefer it.

After 15 minutes or so, work the chuck and see if it works, if so, lightly oil and work it a few times then blow it out with air.

Don

Re: Drill Press Problem

John Lucas

>I do just like Don suggests only I use Liquid wrench. After the chuck is fee and working properly I put a little thicker oil in. I let is sit and then wipe as much off as I can. Then I spin it in the drill press at high speed holding a rag nearby. Then wipe off any oil thrown out.

Re: Drill Press Problem

Stuart Johnson

>Thanks, now what is a drill drift? There wasn't any type of tool included with the drill. Any other way to remove the mt / chuck?

Re: Drill Press Problem *LINK*

Don Evans

>Stuart:

Go to MSC link below and it should take you to a page that has a picture of a drill drift on it.

This is just a wedge that is used to remove the MT arbor and chuck together from them DP.

If you lower your chuck as if you are drilling a hole and go all the way, you should see a slot cut in the side of the quill. Placing this drift into the hole (slot) angled side down, let the quill back up til it touches. Then hold the chuck in left hand and TAP lightly the rounded end of the drift with small hammer, the arbor shaft and chuck should fall out in your hand.

This all assumes you have at DP with Morse taper mounted chuck, not all do, check you manual if you are not sure.

There actually should be two slots cut in the side of the quill each 180 degs from each other and the drift should reach all the way through. When you look in the slots you'll see near the bottom of the slot a shaft inside, that is the MT arbor, the end of it, and the drift will wedge it out.

To reinstall, put a block of wood on the table, raise the table, make sure you have turned the chuck so the 3 jaws are retracted up inside the chuck. Use the DP like a press and press the chuck and arbor back into the MT.

Don


Drill Drift

Re: Drill Press Problem

John Lucas

>Stuart

A drift punch is how you remove the jacobs chuck that has a morse taper from the drill press. It is a flat piece of steel that is tapered. You crank the quill feed of the drill press down and there is a slot that you put the drift punch in. Tap on this with a hammer and the chuck will pop out. Sometimes you can put a big screwdriver in the slot and lever it out but this doesn't always work.

Re: Drill Press Problem

Stuart Johnson

>Okay, I got the chuch off. It came off with very little effort now to figure out why it won't open. I don't have any PB Blaster or WD40 so I gave it a few squirts of liquid wrench. Right now it acts like about 7mm is it as far as it is suppose to open. I know that isn't the case. The jaws are a good 1/4 inch from being fully retracted into the chuck. Oh well, at least I did find the manual.

Thanks for the help.

Stuart

Re: Drill Press Problem

John Lucas

>Stuart

It sounds like something may be stuck up inside the chuck. Have you tried closing the jaws a little and then blowing inside or shaking it. The jaws on my chuck are reasonably flat on the top and could easily be blocked from sliding further up into the chuck if something was stuck up inside.

Re: Drill Press Problem

jwoodwright

>My Delta Bench top did this. What was stuck in the chuck was pieces of the chuck! I chucked the chuck and went to Grizzly.com. Three days later, I'm in luck with my new chuck and I saved some bucks... LOL...

Re: Drill Press Problem

Jensen

>Oh yeah mine did to