How to: Tune your drill press

Found this on accident. I'm rebuilding an OLD press, and this helped me out a lot. Maybe you can use it also.

http://www.rvplane.com/pdf/drill_press_tune-up.pdf

http://www.beautifuliron.com/jacobs.htm

http://www.jacobschuck.com/drill-chuck-install.asp

 

Good reading, thanks for the links.

 

Thanks, good to know.

 

anyone have any other tidbits to add? I'm getting ready to rebuild an OLD press...never done that before, and could use all the help I can get. The motor is already rebuilt. I jsut can't get the chuck to open, or, more importantly, get the forward gear to turn. Comes out nicely, and has plenty of lube, it just wont spin. (the motor and back gear (pulley) turns great....

 

Thanks!