Drill Chuck and Manual

[CARNAC]

I picked up this drill press. It's probably nothing special but it is milspec. The chuck shown was in the big box with it but not sure it's the correct one (it does fit on spindle).

Manufacturer is Maxwell Model DP815.

1. Looking for a manual

2. Appears a screw locks the chuck to the spindle. Wondering if anyone knows what size it is before I start hunting, pecking, and screwing up the threads?

 

[frank8003]

3413-00-221-8714
3413002218714 OO-D-676
R53
MAXWELL DP-815 Drilling Machine, Upright Mounting Type: Bench
Voltage IN Volts: 115.000
Drilling Capability: 1/4 in mild steel
Federal Specifications (8134
Salem Tool Co. (65383)
High Speed Hammer Company Inc. (28626)

still searching
http://www.parttarget.com/High-Spee...-8.html/-0FAD9573-CEE5-468F-9578-0F3E73A5DCF0

Is it a morse taper drive? More #1?
The picture of the quill drive looks tapered. Picture of chuck ID and the driven end of the chuck needed and what screw holds it on?

 

[diesel583]

The chuck will be a Jacobs taper. It is a drive on fit no screw needed. Just clean both surfaces and gently use a big hammer. Open the chuck jaws as you don't want to hit them, and smack the chuck body onto the spindle. The taper in the spindle may be removable if it has a keyhole about 2 inches above the end of the spindle.

 

[CMPPhil]

Hi

How about a side photo of the chuck there maybe a part missing?

Cheers Phil

 

[Triple Jim]

Assuming the chuck has a taper that matches the spindle, you can put a block of wood on the drill press table and run the quill down, so the wood drives the chuck onto the taper snugly.

 

[tobyS]

I think I recall having one with a flat head socket head cap screw that was up inside the chuck. It was just there to stop it from coming off, the Morse taper holds it. We use lead hammer, not a hard one.

I won a nice drill at GL, Parker in Michigan for the min bid a week ago. Got a note from GL that the pictures were wrong and it was in fact another one, with new pictures of a lot less machine (but a Rockwell stand up)....and asked if I still wanted to go through with the sale. I said yes.

The ad had both model and serial listed. When I put the model into Google, I come up with the drill that was pictured in the original ad, not the one she sent pictures of. It's still a nice machine....but I think they are substituting because it sold at minimum, not a higher price.

Signed......Gettin' the "switcheroo" at GL

 

[CARNAC]

OK, thanks. Saw the hammer on taper on youtube and will use a non-metal mallet with the chuck open. It appears there is supposed to be a screw through the chuck and into the spindle. Will try the standard way and see what happens. Thanks again.

Oh and if anyone has a manual........

 

[Triple Jim]

Is this screw vertical, going into the jaw end of the chuck and into the end of the spindle? If so it might be a left hand thread.

 

[CARNAC]

Yes it is and that was one reason I wanted to get a manual to get the right size and thread. Reverse thread made sense. I am just absolutely SOOOO 100% sure the home creepo and Lowe qual have this in the correct make/mfg.

I set the chuck and tested it. It works fine on wood and some mild steel. A large diameter mild steel attempt and I had to reinforce my earlier, obviously feeble attempt at setting the chuck. Must be the loss of all that upper body strength in retirement.

Search for manual on-line is still a no-go.

 

[tobyS]

Not that the brgs shouldn't take it, but I wouldn't beat on them too much.

If you can't find a flat head socket cap screw in the right thread and size and direction, use a washer and regular socket head cap screw (correct thread and rotation). Fastenal would be my first stop. You do need it for the chuck to stay tight on the taper you have.

 

[tommys2patrick]

Kind of a comment here--The one manufacturer you have listed, The High Speed Hammer Drill Co makes a beautiful precision bench top drill press but it does not look like the one in your picture. They have been making essentially the same design for close to a hundred years without substantial change. I have acquired a couple on GL. I was curious if it is part of your #1 common set or perhaps the Maxwell in your picture is?

 

[CARNAC]

Not that the brgs shouldn't take it, but I wouldn't beat on them too much.

If you can't find a flat head socket cap screw in the right thread and size and direction, use a washer and regular socket head cap screw (correct thread and rotation). Fastenal would be my first stop. You do need it for the chuck to stay tight on the taper you have.

Yep, it appears so. Will have to do so with Fastenal at the earliest. Fell off again.

 

[CARNAC]

Kind of a comment here--The one manufacturer you have listed, The High Speed Hammer Drill Co makes a beautiful precision bench top drill press but it does not look like the one in your picture. They have been making essentially the same design for close to a hundred years without substantial change. I have acquired a couple on GL. I was curious if it is part of your #1 common set or perhaps the Maxwell in your picture is?

Excellent question.

I know it was not part of the Common #1. The information is in my collection of component lists. Fairly sure it was with the Automotive Set, Camp and Station but it was also with some other sets.

 

[frank8003]

That DP is set for a 1/4" chuck at the speeds one would use that for.
Available speeds to be selected will reflect that fact.
What is the capacity of the chuck that came with it in the box is why
some asked for the picture of the side of the chuck.

Data says it is rated at one quarter inch chuck.
So, 4 times the cutting speed divided by the diameter is recommended speed.
Cutting speed is the stuff being drilled/ Harder=slower, free machining steel is faster.

And did one ever wonder why a normal jobber drill is 118° included angle? So why, oh why does the guy re-sharpen a brand new twist drill? And a drill is for metal and a bit is for wood. Consider the included point angle and why is a hex wrench the absolute best for driving?

It is a circle divided by six. The strongest that exists.
......And on this planet what is the only two ways that bubbles can join.
Gee this can be fun sometimes.

 

[tommys2patrick]

very good grey matter stimulation. so often in life slowing down can make things go better and/or faster and be more enjoyable and last longer. While, in a pinch, you can on occasion get away with the wrong tool for the job, rarely can you say the same for technique.

 

[CARNAC]

Are we talking drill presses or DRILL presses now. I guess I need to slow down but not sure how to switch to a different tool.