[TheForge] Drill Press

[James Binnion]

>
>The way I read this, it sounds like Mark thought his drill press was 
>JT33, and all he needed to know was the taper size in the Albrecht. 
>I thought this worth commenting on, since the JT33 refers to the 
>chuck not the drillpress.
>
The Albrecht is a Jacobs taper #2  his drill press is a Jacobs taper 
# 33  The quill on the drill press  has the Jacobs taper machined 
onto the end of the drill press quill so it is not a separate item 
this is typical of most new drill presses. Many older drill presses 
and typically larger industrial drill presses had a internal Morris 
taper so that an arbor with a Morris taper on one end and a Jacobs 
taper on the other could be placed in the quill and it was easy to 
change out the arbor to a different Jacobs taper. Mark does not have 
that option.  There is no way to mate the Albrecht chuck he presently 
has to his drill press. His options are to machine a new quill or buy 
another Albrecht chuck with a Jacobs taper #33
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Jim Binnion

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