Thread: Removing a drill chuck

I would suggest that you open the chuck to max capacity and put a phillips head screw driver (probably #2) into chuck and undo screw which stops chuck unthreading from shaft, it will be a left hand thread, when this is out, unscrew chuck from shaft, right hand thread! Hope this helps, I have found most drill chucks are fitted this way if not on a morse taper, Cheers, Les.

Originally Posted by aussiecolector

What is wrong with the drill? It looks like it would do some heavy drilling.

Motor burnt out today, and belt is about to snap. That left me with two drill presses, one with a bad motor and one with a bad chuck. I wondered if I could combine the two and come up with something I can actually use, but it looks like they are incompatible.

Thanks for all the other replies.

Arron