Buying a drill press with these two main things will keep you from pulling out your hair. Or your wife's hair if you already did away with all yours.

  Changing a chuck. If it is a reversable it will have a screw that has to be removed first. Just open up the chuck and a Phillips will remove the screw. Then replace the screw in the new chuck and you are through.

 If your drill only tightens or drills it has no screw so chuck up a short piece of an allen wrench or tighten down a bolt  and spin the chuck off with a 3/8" air impact the same direction like removing a nut or bolt.

   Don't try hitting the chuck key with a hammer to remove the chuck for the drill might end up just drilling things at an awful angle. But most of the time you done screwed up your drill or worst yet, your buddies drill and he done punched a hole in your head.

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 20224 yr by Smallpatch

My drill press uses a Morse taper to hold chuck. I have changed the chuck couple times and it has fallen out as many times.

35 minutes ago, Gerald said:

My drill press uses a Morse taper to hold chuck. I have changed the chuck couple times and it has fallen out as many times.

Hmmm. Never had that problem. 

Both drill presses still have the original chucks.  Just lucky I guess.

Mine are a bit more picky...preferred name is drill charles

15 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

His next question: "Do I pull the trigger then push." 

And, who told him he could drill through mirror glass with a twist drill?

When installing a tapered chuck, clean both areas with lacquer thinner or alcohol then push the chuck on then hold a 2x4 up against the bottom then with a large hammer hit the 2x4 one time real hard.

  And duh, you might want to open the chuck up all the way before you hit it.

Edited June 21, 20224 yr by Smallpatch

On 6/21/2022 at 7:33 AM, Smallpatch said:

 

  And duh, you might want to open the chuck up all the way before you hit it.

Heh, what's "duh" to you is "Doh!" to me.  Good point.  Thanks!

On 6/21/2022 at 9:21 AM, Gene Howe said:

His next question: "Do I pull the trigger then push." 

And, who told him he could drill through mirror glass with a twist drill?

With HIS money, he can do whatever he wants!

On 6/20/2022 at 9:00 PM, Gerald said:

and it has fallen out as many times.

probably because of side loading from using it as a sander.