Love the dog. Obviously a dog lover. Our rule- always give your dog a human name. Howard “Howie” is one of the best I’ve ever heard!

It is 4:36 AM EST, can't sleep, just in time to watch this I guess... great idea on the chuck removal Chuck. I did something like that[on the drill press] to replace a worn out 5/8" Jacobs w/ J 33 on my drill press years ago. Thanks for posting Chuck!

A very clever move there Chuck. Thanks for the tip.

I must say, That is a great idea. Usually when something doesn't come out on the first try, it gets damaged beyond recognition on the next try. You found a way to remove the arbor that doesn't damage it or you. Take Care and Stay Safe. Bob

Great tip. I have an Albrecht chuck with straight arbor I couldn't remove. The Jacobs wedges didn't fit, so I was about to tap it, etc. to pull it out. Your method succeeded in 10 minutes. I just used a couple square nuts instead of key stock. I put a little grease on the nuts to keep them in place. The hydraulic press popped out the arbor on the first try!

A bit longer process is to disassemble the chuck (might be time for a cleaning anyway) and then knock the arbor out from the inside with a punch or press as it is exposed once the body is off. Give Howie a hug for me.

Hopefully I will remember this useful tip for next time, great idea. Thank You

Drum roll please... What a great idea. I really could have used your help about a month ago. Thanks the the awesome tip Chuck.

Nicely done, Chuck. Very creative.

Thank you very much from Madrid (Spain). 👍🏻

A great tip! Necessity is the mother of inventions, and work-a-rounds.

Little bit heat and cold (freeze spray or entire assembly in a freezer then heat only a part) usually works wonders, usually...

I find myself saying this a lot, but that was really clever. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Good gig! Enjoyed watching.

Tha ks so much for this. It worked a treat. I used small bits of a broken drill bit and all 👍

Nicely done, Chuck. Those Albrecht chucks are nice. If it were to be done often a heavier wall tube with the two projections as part of the tube would work well and be less fiddly. A press is a great tool to have in the shop. I enjoy using mine. Mart in England.

Worked for me. Thanks mate. 👍

Great tip Chuck!

Great thinking Chuck.

Clever idea Chuck.

Nice tip! Thanks Chuck

Some arbors like one of yours has the center area ground down some. I use two 1/2" square bars about 1.5" long clamped together then drilled out in the center to the diameter of the arbor center lower diameter. Then on the right and left side of the arbor drill hole I again drill and tap two holes for allen screws to clamp it to the arbor. Somewhat like your puller used. Placing wedges #3 on the chuck max opened position, then using 1/2"+ washers, tube, pipe, centers, etc. build up to the clamp. Press wedges and pop it off (normally). For a straight 1/2" without the center recess, well... I have ended up grinding a recess. I avoid arbors without the center recess - makes life easier. Suggest once remove check arbor for being true or at least in specification.

That's a new trick for me. Good idea

Thanks for the tip, Chuck. I have a couple chucks with bent arbors. I’ll be using a variation of this to change them out. Thanks, John

cool trick. A sturdy box with carpet under the press catches all schrapnel!

My Albrecht chuck has a hole in the center that allows access to the arbor from the jaw end. I took the largest punch I had that would fit in the hole and pressed against that to force out the arbor, basically the opposite direction you did. It's nice to see there are more ways to skin a cat, though I don't know who would want to skin a cat.

Thanks for sharing!

Great easy way . Cheers .

10 out of 10 mister.

Good idea I’m sure I will use it Thank you

Clever Chuck. Thanks.

Chuck getting along with other Chucks!

Thank you

Nice idea.

Easiest way to remove the arbor if the wedges aren’t available or if it’s a straight shank arbor, is to dismantle the chuck and then a punch can be used to knock the arbor out from inside the chuck body….no chance of damaging this way… Unscrewing the two halves of the body can be a problem though on old chucks that have never been serviced…

Chuck playing with chuck, thank goodness i didnt mean it as an innuendo. 😆 Of course you could have put an end mill in the chuck and tried milling, sure to dislodge any tapers, but on the whole i prefer your method.👍

Man's best friend .......... makes life 2wice as woof

thanks Chuck, really enjoyed this......Cheers

Ingenious

Excellent idea. Now I need an arbor press! 😳

I thing if you tapped the pipe with a hammer you might not need the press. The shock from the hammer might be easier and the chuck would come off just fine. Moderate taps though.

I thank you for the brain teaser on removing the arbor. there are probably other ways but this seems sort of correct.

Petty dang skookem 👍👍

cool ..

Sweet

I wonder if the ATF has knocked on his door?

If it did the job was it really not the right tool? :-) Baily says hi Howie :-)

very clever chuck. i will file that one away

Chuck instead of the keys loose!weld them to the to the pipe!!

Chuck with the arbor off, take the chuck,open the jaws and tap drill the web you will find at the bottom by chucking the chuck in your lathe and tapping it with a sharp FINE THREAD tap. I say sharp because this is not a real good place to break off a tap. ( mine are all threaded 3/8-24 ). The next time you want to remove an arbor from the chuck, open the jaws and thread a matching FINE THREAD socket head cap screw into the previously threaded web from inside the chuck. Pushes the chuck right off the arbor as soon as the end of the SHCS meets the end of the arbor. Been doing it this way for decades. The fine thread is necessary because you are using it to apply pressure and the fine thread has more strength than a coarse thread of a given diameter. Look at a gear puller. They all have fine threads for this very reason. Once you do this you can throw away your wedges, pipe, and etc..

Surface grinder make a set of wedge

Nice. Can I send You mine?

WITHOUT WEDGES. proceeds to use another wedging tool that costs far more than a $10 set of JT wedges. COME ON MAN

mind out that tube is hot grins

A donated dental pick might just be the ticket for manipulating those bits of key stock...

I just removed one without wedges. Accidentally. Ruined the drill and the workpiece. I don't recommend drill seizure as a removal technique.