quality chuck for drill press

[Terry]

I agree Ron. That's kinda what I was getting at when I said it made a huge
difference - I don't remember the numbers, but it went from a lot of runout
to something very minimal - but of course, check it.

I couldn't find a part number on my chuck. It is a Jacobs, it has a 33 taper
(but I suppose that might vary with a different drill press) and it adjusts
from 5/64 to 1/2-inch (2 - 13 mm).

Terry Farrell


> >I bought a basic Jacobs chuck. I paid just under $100. Made a huge
> >difference. I know Jacobs is a well-known large chuck manufacturer.
>
> Good suggestion Terry. But don't take it for granted that it will be
> free of run-out just because its a Jacobs. We have two of them at our
> place, and one should be have been returned when it was purchased.
> I'd recommend taking a dial gauge along to your supplier and checking
> it in a drill with a piece of round ground stock as a test piece.
>
> Even some of the Chinese stuff is testing straight these days, but
> sometimes they fail because the heat treating isn't.
>
> Ron O.