Thread: How to hold 1mm drill bit in drill press chuck?

How about another smaller chuck in your drill chuck, like this one.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/p-n-1-4-...chuck_p6320700

Brilliant!! Thanks for that Lappa, will give it a go

I dismantled small old battery drills to get the chucks out and they can usually hold small bits.

You can buy a pin vice which holds tiny drills and will fit in the bigger Chuck.


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I bought one of those mini drill chucks specially for 1 mm drill bits. The one I have, the drill bit scribes a circle of 2 mm, NOT happy.
Ended up using another chuck that goes from zero to 13 mm, spot on now.
Kryn

I have a set like this, they come in very handy for really small drill bits.

PIN VICES 4pc SET ( 0 TO 4.8mm )- MINI DRILL CHUCKS - WATCH OR JEWELLERY WORK. | eBay

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I have a pin vice, with one body, and four switchable collets, going right down to zero mm. It's made for hand use, but occasionally it is nice to put the mini-drill bits in the drill press. The big handle at the top of the pin-vice comes off and I mount that in the drill press chuck, pretty much like other suggestions here. If I was using it more often, I would definitely get one of those mini-chucks. They look quite nice.