Your style of videography is probably the best I’ve seen on KZfaq for this genre👏👏👏 Not too fast, not too slow, no rambling but no detail skipped, extremely clear camera angles, and a little bit of a story to sew it all together. Welding tips and tricks channel has a similar style and he’s one of my favorites. Keep up the good work👍👍

Thank you, this solved my problem. Exactly the same issue, I was confident enough to follow your instructions on a different brand machine from 1981 and it still worked.

The retaining ring story was absolutely hilarious 🤣 nicely done.

Thank you, thank you! I was able to figure out what was wrong with the press I inherited and fix it thanks to your video!

Just wanted to say thank you. My, new to me, drill press adjuster was seized and you really helped me to understand and then fix it 😁

Now I know what looks like inside!! Thank you for sharing. Should pull out the sliders and clean them while at it. 👍 yes more work but be done with. 😊

Thank you very much. Although I was dealing with a different problem, my manual has absolutely NOTHING on how the main pulley is removed. Once I saw your video, I had the answer to my question. Good job.

Thank you. We have an old Chin CH-30 that hasn't been used in 20 years because no one knew how to adjust the belts. The sliding rods were frozen with rust. A lot of PB Blaster and using a big screw driver between the motor plate and the frame, got it free. Thank you so much.

Thank you for the video ! I was able to figure out an Issue with my press by watching this. The lock down on the motor was loose and It was unstable. Tightened the belt and locked the motor down. :)

Thanks, I couldn' figure out how to get into the drill press head to repair my speed adjusment lever. You answerd what I needed to know and what I needed to do. Great information, much appreciated.

Fred, you are a lifesaver. I fought some holes today when drilling some simple 1/4 inch strapping. Nobody told me nothing when I bought the drill press. Now I know how to tighten the belt and what to look for. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much, my drill press is having a issue with the tension lever as well. You gave me the right information at the right time. :)

Thanks for sharing. You sound so fatherly... I learned a lot from this video.

Thanks for this video. You are a life saver. I've been struggling with this exact problem. Off to the workshop to see if I can fix it now.

This video is a great help to me! Thank you so much!!!

Thank you for taking the time to share your skills with us mortals. It was jus the information I was looking for. Keep up the good work.

Thank you so much, I've been scratching my head as to undoing the front bolt on the pulley and now realise its a left hand thread. The gravity function of the idler pulley seating.had me wondering as well. An excellent production for the uninformed.

You demo task has a lot of detail, Thank you

Fred..you’re a good man.

Thanks heaps for making this video. This is super helpful for repairing and maintaining my machine.

Thanks so much for posting this brother, I was just about to go and buy some new belts 🙏🙏

Very well explained. Liked and Subscribed as you deserved.

Nice and clear, Thank You!

You answered my question within the first 30 seconds! My belts are tight again

Kinda late for me but I had similar issues. For me it wasn’t the circlip it was the bolt had come loose from shifter and wouldn’t engage the shaft. Pretty easy to figure out and applied some loctite to bolt . Also gave me a chance to clean and lube internals. You have a good calm demeanor and explained it well. When working on machinery calm,slow, and easy are the keys to successful diagnosis and repair.

Left hand thread, doh! Thanks for the video mate.

Thank you so much for this video! Helped my out so much!

I had the same exact issue with my Craftsman. I used a quarter to cover the motor pulley hole when I pulled the pulley. Thanks for the video!

Great video - very helpful, thank you, sir.

Thank you for this. Had a similar issue with a Ryobi.

Nice methodical way to solve your problems

Your videos are always informative and pleasing to watch - and so on-point! Thank-you! Acquired an old drill press almost identical to the Cummins in this video. It is a 13”, 16 speed by Northern Industrial Tools, which was the “store brand” of Northern Tools until about 2002. It had some rust but seemed to run fine. However, the tension lever would not move. Now it moves freely, but the two horizontal bars and motor do not move. Tension lock knobs have been loosened. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Exactly the information I need. My Rigid 15” drill press has a similar problem. I’ll see if I can repeat your process. The part I’m most worried about is dealing with the spindle pulley.

Thanks for your help!

That was very useful thank you I clearly had no idea how to operate a drill press - mine has been struggling since I shifted the belts and I hadn't touched the lever or bolts on the side, just manipulated the belts with my fingers. I'll go fix it now so the tension is right.

Nice vid! Good to see the inner workings. also ----------> you can measure the nut with calipers to figure out the size (might save some time and money in the future)

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You saved me a lot of work when I noticed in your video the pulley nut is reverse thread; something l did not hear you explain, but I saw it nonetheless. My press is Rigid R1500 and I had a heck of a time trying to release the tension on the belts. It turned out Rigid spec's d the belts too small so they were forced on with no adjustment possible. Unfortunately I did not realize this until I had forced the tensioning arm until it "stripped out", or at least felt like it did. After talking the top off as you showed, it turned out the cam has simply been slide inward when I forced it; same symptom, different cause. All I had to do is loosen the cam bolt and slide it back into the notch in the motor adjustment bar and the problem was fixed. Of course you can also tighten the belts like those in a vehicle, that being with a pry bar, but I really wanted to see what damage I had done and if I could fix it.

Thanks Fred - very informative.

Great info! Never took a drill press appart before.

great video .. cheers

Un gran OK por su video. Muy instructivo para mi que me estoy iniciando en el tema. Muchas gracias y saludos desde Chile...

Great video mate do you know where I can find a copy of the manual for this drill press? I have the same one just branded as workcraft. Thanks

Great video, I just picked up a Harbor Freight 10in drill press I wonder if I can add that set up

Really great video... many thanks... This kind of drill press has got a really bad tension mechanism by the way...

Thank you for making this video. I can fix mine now.

Good Video! What is the make of the 1st. motor (al.cover) did it come with a mounting bracket or did you make it?

Thanks for really nice video. Regarding the size of the nut on the spindle, I've found that using a vernier first up saves a lot of running around.

Thanks..very useful...!!!

Nice video helped me out in diagnosing my drill press. Any idea what that black part is called that moves the motor in and out for tension on the belts. 5:30 has a good picture of what part I am referring to.

I like the maintenance videos that's cool I learned so much

Thank from mexico

Hi mister, very good job, slowly but surely, Bravo 2019 12 21 Trois-Rives, Saint-Joseph de Mékinac, Québec et Labrador.

Good video Fred! thanks for sharing it.😎👍JP

thanks! completely forgot about this motor adjustment.. was about to Macgyver together some sort of an idler pulley... :s

Thank you, now I can use it again

I like your story. O and vid helped out good thx

Thanks a lot

Yep,good info,all the best :-)

This is exactly the problem I have and have been afraid to tear into the driver train to be able to remove the tin to see what's inside. Thank you. Also, while I'm sure you're correct in referring to those flat spring rings as retaining rings, the local idiom where I grew up called them "snap rings".

On my Rigid Tool drill press, the nut that holds on the large gears is 32mm. I am working on replacing the lame belt tightening handle with a better system usung bolts and nuts to push the motor away to tighten the belts. The little handle does not give enough force to get the belts tight enough.

how does the spindle move up and down while rotating but the pulley rotates only, I mean how are they connected together and what keeps the pulley in place not moving up and down with the spindle?

What socket size is he using to remove the nut

My spindle nut was 1 1/4in. Reverse threaded. Can carefully use two wrenches to pry the pulley up and save a trip to the store.

Exact problem with my HF press too. thank you very much.

Very good information my brother very nice video to :)

Timely video, I have a similar issue.

My middle pulley does not have that lock lever. It is tight and i cant figure out how to loosen it. the motor tensioner is there. Any ideas?

hello there, subscriber here...the chuck/the whole shaft stops but the belts and wheels are turning, whats wrong?

Why didnt you clean and lubricate the shafts whilst the tensioner was out.???

I would like to see more of the pin engaged on the tightener. Either a longer pin or mill the flat a little more and slide the adjuster closer. If you don't have a mill, you could probably grind or file the flat by hand.

Did I miss something what size socket did he finally get to fit? Metric or Sae

I would have put a nylon or fiber washer between the lock-ring and the housing to take up the play and a drop of thread locker on the retaining bolt for the cam. Other than that, good job!

How did you hold the third pulley still so that you could loosen the 32mm nut? I have the same problem. I need to get into the housing to repair the cam but can't get any leverage on my 35mm nut. What did you use to keep that pulley from spinning?

@3:00 So what was the socket size? 23mm? Also, how did you install the pulley that you removed with pulley puller? Does the nut does the job or you pressed it somehow?

Really needed a shim washer behind the snap ring. It's likely that one of the ears of the snap ring were digging into the paint and grabbing. Still, it should work for a good while.

The nut of the spindle pulley of mine oddly enough is right handed. Thinking it was left handed, I spent almost an hour trying to unscrew it, but I decided to go CCW for right handed, and it unscrewed!

Where is the information regarding the tension spring? It's not there!!

I want to buy any tool I can. even if I never use it.

You said two lock knobs on either side. I only see one lock knob on each side.😁

Do remember what size belts they are?

Those sliding pins looked dry as a bone. I would have put a little grease on them while I had the cover off.

Next time use a caliper to measure a nut and many other things. Three dollars for a plastic one to measure to 1/128 inch precision, $20 for a nice electronic one that measures to 0.0005" precision.

I can't get the nut on my pulley off. It's just not budging

I liked your video. Thank you. Like and subscribe. Good luck.

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I'm such a dummy. I thought my belts were stretched. Didn't know there was a tensioner

That’s such a great story about buying the circlip and pliers, next time I’m gonna take my broken piece into the hardware store, buy a new part and then use their tools off the shelf.

Is the pulley nut left handed thread? Great video by the way. now all I have to do it get that d.... nut off.

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If you put a sleeve over the shaft on both sides of the cam, you would not need the clip at all. No clip groove or clip needed. Just saying.

Kind of makes you wish you had looked earlier doesn't it?...lol.