[TheForge] Drill Press

[Steve Smith]

Thanks Jim, this is much clearer.

Steve

James Binnion wrote:
>>
>> 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