Great Video and very informative. The runout on my 1978 Drill Press continued to worsen, so I searched on and found your page. I looked at taking the approach and thought I had some metal stock at home, but I didn't. Anyway, I took a trip to Lowes and Tractor Supply and just wandered around looking at hardware and possible solutions. I came across strap hinges at Tractor Supply, and I was like, this would probably work. Bought one for less than 5 dollars and it took less than a minute or two to pop the taper out of the drill press. Open the strap hinge to 90 degrees, put one side into the slot, tap it with the hammer, and bingo. Thank you for your video and for helping to stretch our imaginations.

Great information Mike. When I was working in a tool & die shop the knockout device you made is called a "Drift Key" Also because of the bigger chuck we would insert smaller chuck in bigger one to accommodate smaller bits. Having the keyless option is nice thou. One last thing when when I would install chuck all I needed to do was shove in by hand. No hard pressure was required. The morse taper held in very well. Thanks for sharing the information. Hope everything is going well with you.

Tuning up your equipment to work how you want them to is always a good use of your time.

Thanks for sharing that man! Sometimes these basic tips can help a lot!

This video came up in my feed. Solely as a FYI, the triangular part used to remove an arbor is called a drift. It was nice to see you clean all the tapers with a solvent. Enjoyed the video.

Thanks for your video. I've got such one 5/8"JT3 (it absolutely new) and I'm going to change it on a keyless chuck. As you did it. That's very useful information.

Nice addition to the shop!👍

I'm fitting a keyless chuck to my sealy tomorrow, my neighbour gave me the drill minus a chuck as the old ones tail had snapped at the top . So finally got my pennies together for a new one. I can't wait as I've so many thing on my things to make list 😀😎

Nicely done Mike.

Thank You. That helps.

Thank you very much, this video can teach me How to replace the drill chunk.

Nice upgrade Mike! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

Good info thanks and stay safe!

Helpful, thank you

Nice video with good tips. Now I also want a quick change chuck, but how do I find out which size chuck I should order for my drill? I can't find if I have a mc2 or mc3. Thanks

perfect thanks

The keyless chuck is a pain in the butt (!) and prone to breakage. I have to agree with the previous posting from Tom, use a smaller chuck in the larger one and forget the keyless version they just don't stand up especially with larger bits.

cool !!

Frustration:: I’m trying to cypher what I need to use collets instead of this 1/2 Morse Chuck on my 8” Tradesman drill press. I’ve searched all over researching along way what I need as to setting up to mill? Any input would be appreciated other than buy a mill for your talking about a poor hillbilly on a budget hence , old 8” tradesman just bought used

At 1:33, I don't have that cut to be able to push it down and out, all I have is a small indentation but nothing to go from there so I'm stuck wondering how the heck am I gonna get it off :(

Mike Fulton

my new keyless wont spin, i think i got a defective one... i was like, theres no way im too dumb to figure out how to use a keyless chuck

im coming out in April ,,maybe can meet up and i can pick your brain a little \MM/

Definitely don't CHUCK the old one 🙄😄