New Tips du Jour video up today

Robbie O'Brien · Post by **Robbie O'Brien** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:27 pm

The newest tips du jour video is up today. This one is about using a drill press as a router.
Enjoy!

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Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:39 am

What a cool tip! Thanks for sharing it Robbie.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:09 am

Hi Robbie,

Great method! and answers my questions from a beginners router thread. Many thanks, you're a bloody gem!

Sebastiaan

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:39 am

Everyone needs to have that technique in their bag of tricks. Thanks Robbie. It's always a good day when you learn something new.

Robbie O'Brien · Post by **Robbie O'Brien** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:52 am

I am glad everyone found it useful.

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:09 pm

Robbie, (or anyone!) ... how the hell do you stop the chuck from falling out of the morse socket?

Using the drill as a router like that is a great trick, but as soon as it starts nibbling the wood, the vibration shakes the chuck out. I've cleaned the taper really well and tapped it home. It stays in fine until I start cutting.

Matthew

WaddyT · Post by **WaddyT** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:49 pm

My drill press doesn't have a Morse taper chuck. It screws on, reverse thread. My lathe has aj Morse taper.

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:41 pm

Matthew, any chance you have different taper on the chuck then what's in the head? Just a thought.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:33 pm

I had the same problem, in a fit of desperation I scuffed up the taper on the chuck side of things (quill?) with some fine wet and dry paper and the problem went away.

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:50 pm

no its a number 2 morse all the way. Maybe I'll try roughing it up a bit. Or a dab of loctite (!)

actually I suspect my bearings might need looking at too ...

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:31 am

Matthew ,
My drill press had develped a little play . I regreased the outer shank (don't know what the technical term is for it , but the shank that goes up and down dissapearing into the body of the machine ) as well as the height gearing strip. Wind the chuck down to it's lowest point and whack in some grease into the top pulley shaft hole too. My grease gun hose just fitted in. By doing this I found I had taken out all the play in the machine by greasing alone. Well ,, until it needs regreasing once again in the future
My bearings are still fine, despite stories I hear of using a drum sander wearing out the bearing, although I'd love an oscillating spindle sander to curb that fear and give a better finish.

Apologies if this info is old news to you . Probably belongs to drillpress basics ,and everyone knows about it anyway !

Cheers

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:15 am

Matthew,

This is a common problem. Whenever I have my sanding drum in the chuck eventually the whole thing falls out. Not sure on the long term cure for this..I just put up with it. My drill press is a Carbatec.

Cheers Martin

matthew wrote:Robbie, (or anyone!) ... how the hell do you stop the chuck from falling out of the morse socket?

Using the drill as a router like that is a great trick, but as soon as it starts nibbling the wood, the vibration shakes the chuck out. I've cleaned the taper really well and tapped it home. It stays in fine until I start cutting.

Matthew

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