Can anyone advise me on how to do this ? The owners manual doesn't say. I
thought running the quill down, I'd see a space for a drift. The slots in
the quill are there, but the taper goes in higher than the two slots. So I
tried to unscrew the chuck it from the taper, thinking that would work, but
so far no luck and I'm afraid of beating the chuck key any harder. I
purchased a new 5/8 chuck (threaded) and it came with a #3 taper arbor to
screw on so I can approach it either way - just can't seem to get either way
to work for me.
jim in FL
On Jul 30, 1:09 pm, "Jim Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can anyone advise me on how to do this ? The owners manual doesn't say. I
> thought running the quill down, I'd see a space for a drift. The slots in
> the quill are there, but the taper goes in higher than the two slots. So I
> tried to unscrew the chuck it from the taper, thinking that would work, but
> so far no luck and I'm afraid of beating the chuck key any harder. I
> purchased a new 5/8 chuck (threaded) and it came with a #3 taper arbor to
> screw on so I can approach it either way - just can't seem to get either way
> to work for me.
>
> jim in FL
Adjust your stops for maximum depth and you should be able to slide a
bar through the exposed slot and wack it down to get it out.
If that doesn't work you could probably chuck something like a big
allen wrench in the chuck and use that for wacking on.
Got it. When I lowered the spindle and looked through, i was only looking
through the first set of slots - turning the spindle inside revealed another
set that allowed access to the top of the arbor. Made a trip to the local
surplus house and bought a drift, and it came right out.
One thing I noticed is my new arbor isn't quite as long as the old one by
maybe 3/4 to 1" , but it fits nicely and very snug. Anything to worry about
?
Thanks
"RayV" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Jul 30, 1:09 pm, "Jim Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Can anyone advise me on how to do this ? The owners manual doesn't say.
>> I
>> thought running the quill down, I'd see a space for a drift. The slots
>> in
>> the quill are there, but the taper goes in higher than the two slots.
>> So I
>> tried to unscrew the chuck it from the taper, thinking that would work,
>> but
>> so far no luck and I'm afraid of beating the chuck key any harder. I
>> purchased a new 5/8 chuck (threaded) and it came with a #3 taper arbor to
>> screw on so I can approach it either way - just can't seem to get either
>> way
>> to work for me.
>>
>> jim in FL
>
> Adjust your stops for maximum depth and you should be able to slide a
> bar through the exposed slot and wack it down to get it out.
>
> If that doesn't work you could probably chuck something like a big
> allen wrench in the chuck and use that for wacking on.
>