tired of not being able to find the drill press chuck key when you need it? Sure you can keep in in the chuck, but what about when your using the drill press ? Eazy open the top lid and in the fron corner place a 5/16" hole as close to the corner as possible and still get the key towards the corner. This keeps it from getting into the pully. really simple?? jim h [
I bought an oooollllllldddd Rockwell International press from a retiring friend when he closed his machine shop. He had the chuck twisted onto a long wire attached to the back of the motor. Unfortunately, it was the only chuck he had and it was the wrong one. Told me he used a punch and a hammer on the chuck teeth. LOL. I bought a new chuck and key.
Ok im gonna assume your not stupid .. When keeping the key in the chuck i hope its actually chucked up like a drill ? Leaving it in the chuck like your gonna tighten a drill is dangerous... Of course i work in a shop with a lot of idiots.. I have a hole on the table on my drill press where i always place the chuck key when im done with it.. I never have to look for it its there.. Dave
I use a rare earth magnet epoxied to my drill press and it sticks to that really well. I also use the same thing for an allen wrench for my table saw top insert and some of my lathe parts. Works great.
i weld a length of chian to the press, and attatch the key with a key ring or carabiner. ive found this to be best, this way you cant accidentally pocket it for losing at a later time
Use the janitor key chain deal too. For the key, I have it tapped into a wooden file handle, so I can get better leverage (easier on the fingers, too). In the end of the wooden handle is a small eye-hook, which is threaded onto the key ring. -Brad
Well im in machine repair at work and i started as a tool maker when i was 13 .... Ok but dad started teaching me so heres the deal... If you have to extend the end of the chuck key you either have a dull or improperly ground drill bit or your trying to feed it too fast and last but not least your chuck is fucked up and if you can afford to build a damn car why cant you afford to buy a new god damn chuck? Sorry but i deal with shit like this all day and it makes me crazy ! Again ...............................THE PROPER TOOLS TO DO THE JOB Dave
Oh ya remember also its a drill press .. Not a fucking punch press.. there is a difference ya know .. Im better now Dave
damn good idea guys! hell, i bought a few of them for all our rentals.... but i got such a "Schneider" vibe from the tenants, i put them in a desk drawer! now ill have a reason to break them out again! still hoping for Valarie Bernoulli to attack me on the job!
I like this magnet idea. I have several chuck keys in a 3X5X2 medal box that I keep mine in right by the drill press. There's ones for the drill press and the hand held drills etc. use it put it back. CRUISER
At college, on the regular drills, they'd braze a washer onto the key and use that to hang the key on the power cord. For a drill press, I don't know why you couldn't braze a light chain link to it, and bolt the other end on someplace. Leave it loose so it can rotate around the bolt, though. For my reciprocating saw that uses an allen wrench, I just bought a cheap set of folding allen wrenches with a bright red case. Harder to lose that one.
I keep my chuck key up top in the case as well. I have never had it get into the pulley but, the hole is a good idea.
I just leave my chuck key laying around. I keep hearing that the hunt is 1/2 the fun, so everytime I need my chuck key I do the hunt thing. Doesn't seem like much fun to me, must be missing something.......I mean besides the chuck key. The hunt is real exciting when your in a hurry to drill a hole and can't find the key. My tool box sits beside the drill press, usually the key ends up in one of 3 drawers. Someday I might actually do something about the key situtation, just not today. Gene
I have had my chuck key on a heavy nylon string for 20 years, also have the taper wedge on a heavy nylon string too.
When I got the drill press from my pal Randy he left the cool swedged wire key hanger and key with it, light wire, always hanging to the rear of the press.
i have seen jims shop he musta just found it today...in this hole under the cover like the picture shows where the wood dust is absent me i'm trying to remember where i last saw one of my drill presses the chuck thingie should beclose by
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