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21st June 2015, 05:03 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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My old drill press
hi there folks,
This is mainly about my old GMC rather cheap drill press, maybe close on 15 years old now. I am attempting to drill and clean out a socket in a solid guitar body for pickups to sit in. Firstly I drill a series of holes, then attempt to chisel them out a bit. Then use a small router planing bit, to do the final clean. Sure it jumps around lot, but it is somewhat successful. But now my chuck just keeps falling off the drill press shaft. Will not stay on at all.
So perhaps I am looking at updating my drill press, shall see what is out there. And also any ideas for cleaning out holes like I am trying to do. I am not set up with jigs and templates etc to use a plunge router to do this.
A hole might be say about 20mm under the surface of the guitar.
Regards, Paul
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21st June 2015, 05:25 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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There's a drill press for sale in the marketplace
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21st June 2015, 06:06 PM #3
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
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22nd June 2015, 12:07 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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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
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22nd June 2015, 08:46 AM #5
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.
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