Jim,
It sounds like your problem is that the threads holding the chuck on are
backwards.
(maybe because it came form the other side of the world?)
It should tighten on the spindle as you use it and it seems to be
loosening.
Are the threads on the spindle poor also or just the inside of the chuck?
Mike Myers
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:00:53 -0800 (PST) James Gruber
<thistle_3619@yahoo.com> writes:
> No not the former worlds largest Sprte Driver. Someone offered some
> advice some time back about how to keep the chuck attached to the
> spindle of the drill press and I cannot locate. I've cleaned the
> spindle with acetone, dressed the spindle with emery paper to remove
> any deposits, and cleaned out the inside of the chuck with acetone.
>
> The inside of the chuck is not a nice smooth surface. I'm guessing
> surface irregularities are preventing a tight close fit. Yes it is
> cheap Chinese or Indian Manufactured Drill press but it was also
> free.
>
> I'm to the point of recleaning and using locktite on this thing.
> Any pressure on the tips of the drill other than straight up and
> down and even straight up and down when I reach the other side of
> what I am drilling means the chuck detaches itself from the spindle,
> sometimes with unbelievable amounts of force and goes flying across
> the room. It's gotten to the point of being dangerous to use.
>
> Any suggestions on how to permanently affix the chuck to the
> spindle or a source of a new chuck. Rest of the drill press
> mechanically is fine. Maybe this is something from Shop 101 that I
> never learned. How about some feedback from those machinists out
> there.
>
>
> Jim Gruber
> Bugsy '68 Sprite (future Bugeye in disguise)
> Cincinnati, OH
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