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Michael Oritt

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I have an older but in good shape Craftsman floor-mounted drill press to which I have lost the chuck key. The following is incised onto the drill chuck: "RJ3-L".

You know the impossibility of getting replacement parts from Sears--there is no model number for the drill press anywhere on it--it merely says it is a 15" drill press.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could get a replacement chuck key?
 
It's possibly a 5/8" chuck where the key should be pretty standard. If nowhere else there's plenty of stuff on EBay.

Cheers,

Ian
 
How easily can the chuck be removed? Some, with a Morse taper, are as easy as popping it off with a pair of wedges.

I'd suggest walking into your local machine tool supply store (think end-mills) with the chuck in your hand; they will have a wide assortment, and even if they don't have your exact fit, you'll have eliminated a dozen or so patterns.

Then, there's always the 4-way types, that will fit an assortment of chucks (like a 4-way lug wrench).
 
Michael,

I have one of THESE and I'm pretty sure that it fits all 6 of my geared chucks.

If you don't have a HF near you, I have a new store a mile away and can pick one up and padded-envelope it to you.

Tim



PS: I was wrong. I have one chuck it doesn't fit....

Must be a Whitworth chuck or something..... (Hmmm... I went to high school with a Chuck Whitworth) :thumbsup:
 
I have a box full of different check keys around the shop somewhere, in case you dont find one locally.
 
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