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I finally got around to it and left it out in the sun. After the housing got warm and it still wouldn't budge, I took off the circlip and rubber bumper and using a piece of hardwood to protect the end of the shaft, I smacked it a couple of times with a hammer. I had soaked the obvious places with pe...

I don't think the Mark II has the set screw you are taking about. There is a small allen setscrew on the pinion boss, but I think that keeps the pinion assembly in place. There is a glue covered setscrew on the aluminum ring at the exposed end of the quill. I think this ring is what keeps the drive ...

I have a Mark II that was used mainly as a table saw. I tried to use the drill press recently and I could not advance the quill. I know it worked at one time but has not been used for several years. I made sure the quill lock was loose and I used liquid wrench on the quill inside and outside of the ...