Need help to remove this drill press chuck

[mreza Salav]

Or if you have bearing puller you can try that.

[Dave Sabo]

Bearing puller isn’t going to work.

All the machinists I know will shoot you if you used a pickle fork.

The proper way (if you don’t have a spindle slot ) is to use chuck wedges.


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[roger wiegand]

I didn't know there was an actual tool to do this, so I basically made what Dave shows above with a couple of wedges made from scrap maple. Worked fine. Love having a keyless chuck now!

[Tom M King]

Thanks Dave! Looks like there are a number of them for different taper types, and cheap too:
https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tnp...EaAu-NEALw_wcB

[Dave Sabo]

The first pic is a drift that you'd use in the slot in your spindle - if you have one.

Many home shop presses don't have that feature , so you'd need the wedges - PLURAL

[Bill Jobe]

I thought those where pickle forks.

(That should tell you how many front ends I've worked on)

[Rich Engelhardt]

A 1/4" straight router bit, chucked into my drill press & routing a line in a piece of plywood worked like a champ to get the chuck off my drill press.

A spinning chuck with a razor sharp bit dancing around on the floor added to the excitement of the day...

I don't really recommend my method......I did learn from that though that a drill press is a drill press & not a morticer or drum sander..... .

[Jason Winterrowd]

Well I had no idea what size wedges to order so I went to Harbor Freight and bought a pickle fork. 3 easy taps and the chuck fell right off.

Thank you to everyone that offered help!!