How to Remove Chuck on Clausing Drill Press
- Thread starter markT
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Probably screwed on, there is a screw from the inside of the chuck in to the spindle, open the chuck all the way up and look inside. May need an impact driver to remove that screw,(should/maybe left hand threads) holding the spindle to spin off the chuck might be interesting
Have you run the quill /spindle all the way down and looked for a slot to put a drill drift in and drift the chuck out?
Most chucks have a taper to attach them. You will need a set of chuck wedges to remove it. McMaster has them.
shortgrass
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What it appears to me what you have there is a drill chuck with an adaptor mounted on it. I think you still need a set of Jacobs chuck wedges to remove the adaptor. The designation "J33" is a Jacobs taper mount, not a thread.
WSnyder
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Those Clausing’s are a different beast. Mine is just the same as the OP’s, threaded collar but it’s not an adapter in a standard chuck. The threaded collar on these chucks is for both removal and retaining the chuck. There used to be a number of these chucks available but no one seems to make them with the collar anymore. Edit: These are still available new from at least a couple of the large machining/tooling suppliers. The original chuck has an integrated extension on the body machined to fit a circlip to retain the collar. You could probably remove the collar from the original chuck and leave it threaded on the spindle if you wanted to use a standard chuck and remove it later.
Supposedly a reason for the collared chucks was the collar acted as a retainer to keep the chuck from coming off with side loads.
Supposedly a reason for the collared chucks was the collar acted as a retainer to keep the chuck from coming off with side loads.
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I have atleast 2 of those chucks new I a box
WSnyder
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Whatcha got and are they for sale? I’m sure with all the messed up chucks you hear about on these things I’m sure they’d sell in a minute. I might be interested in a spare for just in case down the road.
My Clausing had minimal use. It came out of the prototype shop of a large electronics manufacturer in Seattle. They closed the shop and started contracting out the work to Asia. Typical story these days.
shortgrass
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And, re-build kits are available for Jacobs Drill Chucks.
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