[Noisebridge-discuss] Drill Press

[Chris Murphy]

Thanks John,

The drill press is one of our most useful tools. 

I agree that the chuck socket may be damaged but I couldn't tell easily. I didn't know how to get in there and fix it anyway. I pushed some steel wool through it and an acetone rag but I doubt that did much of anything. The passage is narrow and could be inspected on the enlarge-o-scope. 

I was trying to get some work done and had already invested an hour in repair. So I wasn't as thorough as I should have been. No one with expertise (hint: MK) was around to help either. 

The reason I wanted to remove the arbor was to inspect it and restore it. I wanted to see if the obscured end was damaged or untrue. 

Also, I would love it if we could get the missing versatable accessory. We are also missing a foot that holds your work down and a linear depth gauge (we have the rotary depth gauge). 

It's a rare but good drill press. Parts are hard to find. A used wdp1850 would only cost $160-200 (was $699 new). 

More info:

http://woodgears.ca/drillpress/ryobi.html

Chris

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On Jun 18, 2012, at 22:43, John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> wrote:

> Thanks for taking care of this & doing the writeup Chris!
> 
> I'll look into it a bit more & try to figure out what the best
> solution is to get the chuck spinning true as new. It's possible the
> female taper of the chuck is scored as well and is not mating with
> the arbor properly. I've thought in the past of replacing that chuck
> with a nice keyless chuck...so if it is damaged, this might be a good
> time to replace it. I don't think there's any need to take the arbor
> out of the drill press unless it's going to be replaced with a new
> arbor...don't think that'll be necessary, but have to see it first
> (will try to stop in sometime this week to take a look).
> 
> John
> 
> * Chris Murphy <chrisnoisebridge at gmail.com> [120618 16:59]:
>> Our drill press needs some TLC. 
>> 
>> The chuck socket fell off the arbor last night. The chuck was
>> spinning eccentrically just prior. I followed directions on the URL
>> below to reinstall it. I discovered the arbor has been badly scored.
>> I can't figure out how the arbor comes out of the drill press. I
>> didn't attempt to force it out or anything. I just looked at a
>> blurry parts diagram below and did a google search...no luck.
>> 
>> I de-burred the arbor with a fine file and cleaned it with steel
>> wool and acetone. Put the chuck on with a twist and thwack of a wood
>> insulated hammer blow. All of this with the chuck jaws wide open. It
>> spins much more centered but it's not as good as it was just last
>> week.
>> 
>> It's a Ryobi WDP1850:
>> 
>> http://www.machinistblog.com/installing-a-drill-press-chuck/
>> 
>> http://www.odref.com/pdf/Ryobi-Power-Tools/wdp1850.pdf
>> 
>> http://www.nburl.net/drillpress
>> 
>> Chris 
> 
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