[TheForge] Re: Drill press

[Bob Ehrenberger]

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>> 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.

From: Andrew Vida <osan@netlabs.net>

>Came into this late.  That is a garden variety two-jaw chuck.
I> had two of them, down to one... (actually Mike Rock has that
>one).  One was an "Imperial"... other may have been the same.
>
>One regret I have was when I sold an absolutely pristine
>Champion post drill to someone (don't remember who) in
>Arizona (before I moved there) with one of those chucks
>for something like $75.  He made out like a thief.
>
>I don't really regret it, just would love to have it now.
>

I checked the Champion catalog yesterday and the #101 sold for $7.  They
didn't offer the two jaw chuck, so that must have come from a different
source (maybe Imperial).  The Champion chuck sold for $2 and required all
the drill bits to have a 1/2" shank.


Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo