Thread: My drill press is possessed

Originally Posted by springwater

I haven't lost a chuck key yet but they're good at hiding sometimes

Mine sits on top of the drill press. I made a small wooden block, glued a magnet in a recess in the bottom and drilled hole in the top. Painted black of course to match.

If you look close enough at photo 4 you'll see it.


Peter.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

Mine sits on top of the drill press. I made a small wooden block, glued a magnet in a recess in the bottom and drilled hole in the top. Painted black of course to match.

If you look close enough at photo 4 you'll see it.


Peter.

That reminds me, another thing, the third thing that decided it wasn't going to work like it used to. I made a wooden tray that was clamped and seated on collar thing around the stem and, now it won't sit in it's rebate But I'll get over it Anyway your magnet idea is much better but I bet you dont have rubber bands stopping the pulley housing from rattling

ps. For one to find the chuck key easily, it is better one puts the chuck key back after use

Originally Posted by springwater

I bet you dont have rubber bands stopping the pulley housing from rattling

It did, and I found that the hole in the cover for the centre pulley wasn't big enough, especially when at speed as the pully wheel was touching the cover.

So after discussion it with the supplier (to make sure I didn't void the warrant) I used an angle grinder to widen it and now no problems.


Peter.

A lot of drill presses are installed against a wall. If you have a chuck key, a length of chain with one end on the key and the other end on the wall will prevent it from getting lost.
I replaced my keyed chuck with a key-less chuck when I bought it. Reason - the keyed chuck would not take a 1.5mm bit or smaller.
So now I have a spare chuck sitting on the shelf ( which has a bigger capacity than the key-less chuck).

Originally Posted by Handyjack

A lot of drill presses are installed against a wall. If you have a chuck key, a length of chain with one end on the key and the other end on the wall will prevent it from getting lost.
I replaced my keyed chuck with a key-less chuck when I bought it. Reason - the keyed chuck would not take a 1.5mm bit or smaller.
So now I have a spare chuck sitting on the shelf ( which has a bigger capacity than the key-less chuck).

Thanks Handyjack, that's the ticket, put a leash on the key, come to think of it there used to be a thing you could put on a key and when you whistled it'd whistle back but I'm swaying towards the keyless now, although it would make the small chuck I bought to fit in the bigger chuck so I could use smaller bits obsolete.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

It did, and I found that the hole in the cover for the centre pulley wasn't big enough, especially when at speed as the pully wheel was touching the cover.

So after discussion it with the supplier (to make sure I didn't void the warrant) I used an angle grinder to widen it and now no problems.


Peter.

Mine got dented in transit a while back, which is another story, anyway ever since then the tinny thing doesn't close properly so I shut it up/down with rubber bands, I see you're more adventurous than me

I became fedup with chuck keys going missing and bought a keyless 13mm chuck from McJing some years ago as an experiment. I was pleasantly surprised as there was no visible runout and it would hold anything from a 1mm to a 13mm drill. The only problem that I've found is that it tends to self tighten when drilling big holes in thick steel and then I need my Baby Boa to break its hold to get the drill out.

Originally Posted by graemet

I became fedup with chuck keys going missing and bought a keyless 13mm chuck from McJing some years ago as an experiment. I was pleasantly surprised as there was no visible runout and it would hold anything from a 1mm to a 13mm drill. The only problem that I've found is that it tends to self tighten when drilling big holes in thick steel and then I need my Baby Boa to break its hold to get the drill out.

Thanks very much for your thoughts Graemet Well that's three yeas and one nay for keyless. For anyone else that is as ignorant as me a "Baby Boa" lokks like this: