Shim up a drill press?

richard j said:
when he spun the table with the coat hanger lightly touching the table it touched all the way around and didnt move. to me thats just as good as a dial indicator.
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Spinning the table won't tell you squat... Except if the table is square to its shaft.
It could be out of square to the spindle by any number of degrees and still have the same results.
The only thing he learned there is that the table itself is perpendicular to its own shaft.
Nothing about if it is square to the spindle.
 
I don't see one on mine. I'm essentially walking around blind without a cane on this one. This is the first drill press I ever owned. I received a manual online and have one coming in print from HF but from the online one it mentions nothing about taking care of the slop in the quill. The only thing in mentions is to check the round out tolerance with an indicator and id it's not within tolerance to tap the bottom of the chuck with a rubber mallet.... Doesn't sound like a very precise adjustment tool.

Anyway I basically know nothing about what I'm doing. I found what I believe to be replacement bearings which are only a few bucks a piece from what I can tell. Aside from that I have no idea how to actually get to the bearings, let alone swap them out :o.

The only things I do actually know is it seeming doesn't drill a perfectly square hole. And with a bit in the chuck I hear clinking when I wiggle it and if I pill the press all the way down and grab whatever that part is called that the chuck is attached to above it that clunks back and forth as well.

So I'm totally open to ideas :D
 
Yeah it's an older one. I only have it in a PDF file that got sent to me from their tech support guys. I don't know if or how yo get a PDF on here the model number on the press is 30697 if that helps
 
On my press , facing it , on the left hand side is a round spring housing for the crank arm . Just below that is a screw and lock nut to adjust for minor slop . But if you too much play , it does sound like bearings .
 
Don't think I have that. Here is a pic of the left side, top switch is the power, bottom one does nothing. There is a hole at the bottom of that housing that looks like something was there at some point... Maybe a light? The silver arm on the top I have no idea what that does either. My first guess was it was used to swap the belts on the pulleys to change speeds. However I can't seem to get it to budge by hand and haven't attempted to add more leverage with it yet. According to the manual I got the manual showed an oiler however I don't believe this has it :confused:

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from the pdf it looks like ball bearings. if there is a collar nut on top you might be able to take up some slop but its hard to tell. send me some pictures with the top off showing the spindle pulley and i'll talk to you tomorrow more about it. the pdf pictures dont show much detail as usual.
 
Fletch Helical said:
Don't think I have that. Here is a pic of the left side, top switch is the power, bottom one does nothing. There is a hole at the bottom of that housing that looks like something was there at some point... Maybe a light? The silver arm on the top I have no idea what that does either. My first guess was it was used to swap the belts on the pulleys to change speeds. However I can't seem to get it to budge by hand and haven't attempted to add more leverage with it yet. According to the manual I got the manual showed an oiler however I don't believe this has it :confused:

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here you go Fletch , just to the right of the silver spring housing ( the round thingy ) is you adjusting screw , loosen the lock nut and screw it in some . Screw it in until you feel a little drag when turning the quill arm to lower it . The 'T' bolt near the motor ( should be one on each side ) they hold the belt tensioner tight . Loosen them and then the silver arm will move to loosen a pulley in order the change belt positions .
 
that screw is the quill set screw. i'm not 100% sure but i think it holds the quill in place and wont do anything for the bearing play since the bearings are inside the quill.
 
If the whole quill is wiggling, and not just the bearing, that screw will remove some slop.

Every HF press I have messed with needed adjustment here.
 
Well I cranked that screw in quite a bit, until the quill clanked a few times as I tried lowering it. Then I backed it out until it just went away. Seems like it hasn't changed a darn thing when I wiggle the chuck. About the same slop and clunking around... So anyone have a walk through on how to change the bearings? :) Or any other advice? Since I'll have to take the chuck off (I'm assuming) I might as well change that too, anyone have a good suggestion?

I looked up inside the chuck and saw no bolt to take it off from there. From what I can tell it's a JT33 chuck. It only has that with the MM range on it and some kind of engraving that looks like a peacock in between the two.
 
in the pdf you sent me it looks like the chuck is on a tapered shaft that requires a wedge to knock it loose. lower the quill and see if there is a wide slot about 4" or so long.
 
Fletch Helical said:
The silver arm on the top I have no idea what that does either. My first guess was it was used to swap the belts on the pulleys to change speeds. However I can't seem to get it to budge by hand and haven't attempted to add more leverage with it yet.
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That silver arm is for tensioning/detensioning the belts when you switch speeds. You have to loosen the motor clamp screws (the black knob to the left of the silver arm in the pic, and likely one on the other side that looks the same) before anything will move, though.

Dave
 
richard j said:
in the pdf you sent me it looks like the chuck is on a tapered shaft that requires a wedge to knock it loose. lower the quill and see if there is a wide slot about 4" or so long.
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There is a slot on either side but it's only a little over about an inch long and maybe 3/8 or so wide.
 
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