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by billmayo
Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:34 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Cleaning The Quill
Replies: 11
Views: 46639

Cleaning the Quill

A word of caution after unwinding the quill. If you turn the quill feed in a counter-clockwise (CCW) rotation, the quill spring can come unhooked. It can be a bear to rehook the spring but not impossible. I always just tighten the quill lock handle and place the quill feed stop handle down so I don'...
by billmayo
Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:02 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Sticky Quill
Replies: 11
Views: 40186

sticky quill

The quills that I repaired that was sticking all had this problem. The keyway(groove) in the quill for the setscrew that holds the quill in had vibrated/rubbed againest the top of the keyway causing a very slight burr. I took a metal file and deburred the edge on each side of the keyway (a little wi...