[TheForge] Buffalo Forge Post Drill

[James Davis]

I threaded a 1/2" shaft to except a new Jacobs chuck and used the set screw on the old chuck to hold it in that way you can always use the older bits when you find them


 

Jim Davis
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:27:09 -0500
> From: adveniam at att.net
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] Buffalo Forge Post Drill
> 
> I recently acquired a Buffalo No.61 Post Drill .
> (The price was practically free and I have this tool addiction.)
> Other than 5 minutes brazing it is in perfect condition, and I am 
> enjoying watching gears mesh and the drill advancing.
> 
> The problem is that I also have this hangup about tools being something 
> more than decoration.
> 
> I would like to remove the original chuck and replace it with a more 
> modern one.
> 
> The old one appears to be pressed on, but I cannot be sure due to the 
> angle of viewing.
> Before I try to enthusiastically to remove it can anyone confirm that it 
> is a press fit?
> Has any one had success making this particular conversion?
> 
> Mike Graf
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