[TheForge] Re: Drill press

[Mike Spencer]

> It also has the most unusual chuck that I have ever seen.  At first
> I thought that the chuck was some kind of thread cutting die. It has
> two jaws and a screw set up so that when the screw is turned the
> jaws move in and out.  What looked like dies for cutting threads (on
> the jaws) turned out to have a series of ridges that interlock when
> the jaws are brought together.

I had one of those once and I went through the same steps of confusion
and discovery that you did.  It was a ball of rust when I got it,
eventually had it hogging out holes between, oh, say, 3/8" and 3/4"
real nice.  Somebody stole the drill press with the chuck in place.

Yours is the only other one I've heard about.  I dunnoif they're in
demand with collectors or not.

- Mike

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