Dan Friedrichs
07-24-2010, 12:04 AM
I admit in advance this was a bad idea.
I bought a decent drill press used for $75. I really hate keyed chucks, so I thought I'd try one of these cheap ones that I bought on eBay for $20.
I removed the old chuck (invovled taking the spindle adapter out, then using a punch to pound the spindle adapter out of the old chuck via a hole through the center of the old chuck), then installed the new chuck (just taper fit). The new chuck has about 0.01" runout in it (the "specification" was 0.003"). I tried removing the spindle adapter again and rotating it in the quill, but the runout is definitely in the chuck, so that didn't help.
I tried to remove the new chuck from the spindle adapter, but noticed that this new keyless chuck doesn't have a hole all the way through the center, so I can't pound the spindle adapter back out. How do I get this chuck off of my spindle adapter? Or should I just forget about it and live with 0.01" runout?
I bought a decent drill press used for $75. I really hate keyed chucks, so I thought I'd try one of these cheap ones that I bought on eBay for $20.
I removed the old chuck (invovled taking the spindle adapter out, then using a punch to pound the spindle adapter out of the old chuck via a hole through the center of the old chuck), then installed the new chuck (just taper fit). The new chuck has about 0.01" runout in it (the "specification" was 0.003"). I tried removing the spindle adapter again and rotating it in the quill, but the runout is definitely in the chuck, so that didn't help.
I tried to remove the new chuck from the spindle adapter, but noticed that this new keyless chuck doesn't have a hole all the way through the center, so I can't pound the spindle adapter back out. How do I get this chuck off of my spindle adapter? Or should I just forget about it and live with 0.01" runout?