Thread: My old drill press

There's a drill press for sale in the marketplace

Try to reseat your chuck in the drill press..
You may have to clean both ends of the arbor, and the inner seating surfaces of both the drill press shaft and the chuck.
Check for burrs etc on all metal mating surfaces and remove carefully.
Coat all mating surfaces with light oil or grease, then lightly wipe off.
Reseat the chuck, ensuring that you do not whack the three chuck jaws, just the chuck body.
Your situation is worst case for a drill in that the attachment cutter is probably well off centre from the chuck axis, and the resulting vibration can loosen a chuck from the drive.
If this happens to you while the drill press is running, it can be rather "unsettling" the first time it occurs.

Here's a few videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpm2DrFspt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI_7IHAsyw

Don't use a piece of wood to remove the chuck as he does in the second video unless you cannot find a chuck arbor release wedge as per the first video; what he is doing is bad practice. If you have to use a piece of wood, use light taps and rotate the chuck body and spindle 90 deg every tap.

Sorry if I am preaching, (you may know all this already) but your chuck may not have been seated firmly.

Good luck, mike

Hey Mike,

Thanks for that info. I shall have a closer look at that tomorrow, I didn't know you could remove the spindle from the actual press.

And that one for sale, Brisbane is a fair way, could be pretty expensive with freight etc.

Paul

I don't know your exact drill press, and how it is constructed.
Those videos refer to common attachment setups.
Your chuck arbor should be removable from the spindle.
Your chuck may be a threaded type, so inspect before whack.