http://www.drillpressreview.com/1597/craftsman-bench-top-drill-press/ Drill Press Reviews and Informations Sat, 19 May 2012 01:13:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.drillpressreview.com/1597/craftsman-bench-top-drill-press/comment-page-1/#comment-5107 lurned1 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:47:28 +0000 #comment-5107 If you lower the quill ( part that holds the chuck ) all the way, you should see a slot through it. Line-up the flats on the end of the chuck shank wih the sides of the quill slot and shove it home by hand, hard. Then raise the table to about 2 in. from the retracted chuck. Lock it down and with a hard piece of wood under the chuck, pull the lowering handle down so you can briskly tap the chuck against the wood a few times. That should do it. You want your taper mating surfaces clean and dry. Good luck. If you lower the quill ( part that holds the chuck ) all the way, you should see a slot through it. Line-up the flats on the end of the chuck shank wih the sides of the quill slot and shove it home by hand, hard. Then raise the table to about 2 in. from the retracted chuck. Lock it down and with a hard piece of wood under the chuck, pull the lowering handle down so you can briskly tap the chuck against the wood a few times. That should do it. You want your taper mating surfaces clean and dry. Good luck.

]]> http://www.drillpressreview.com/1597/craftsman-bench-top-drill-press/comment-page-1/#comment-5106 gntlover50 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:08:44 +0000 #comment-5106 It sounds OK. The chuck is usually mounted on a taper, so normal operating pressure wedges it on tighter. A new machine might not have been assembled tightly or it vibrated loose in shipping. As long as it doesn't come loose by itself, in normal use, it's safe. Don't mount anything heavy in the chuck, like a grinding wheel. Check with Sears, because their tools and appliances are made by others and branded Craftsman, Kenmore. The manufacturers have changed over the years. It sounds OK. The chuck is usually mounted on a taper, so normal operating pressure wedges it on tighter. A new machine might not have been assembled tightly or it vibrated loose in shipping. As long as it doesn’t come loose by itself, in normal use, it’s safe. Don’t mount anything heavy in the chuck, like a grinding wheel. Check with Sears, because their tools and appliances are made by others and branded Craftsman, Kenmore. The manufacturers have changed over the years.

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