Re: Drill Press Quill Retract ?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 2:50 am
Skou,
You wrote:
Put the drill chuck on the spindle to make
this easier, and remove the upper belt guard. Hold one in
place, and turn the other, and they will mesh up.
Good tip about the chuck on . . . it went well without it though.
What kept hanging me up weren't the splines, it was the two brass plugs of the quill lock
that had strayed from their original positions..
You might need to do this a couple times, until you get the
tension you want.
No kidding. I went for 3.5 turns which felt fine while the head Stock was horizontal,
but my last move tonight was to stand it up and it became obvious that it needs another half turn.
Abridged version, remove the stop nuts. Advance quill until
that stops. Advance another 1/2 turn further. Push quill in,
while winding the handle in. Check tension, rinse and repeat
as needed. Replace stop nuts and washer.
What exactly is the correct placement of that lone washer?
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
I said that the spring didn't appear to be broken, but upon closer inspection I could see what looked like three spring ends against the inside of the housing. It looked like the spring had broken 2" away from the curled catch at the end. So I made a mark and stared pulling the spring out of the housing through the slot. It turns out someone had overlapped the break and put two thin rivets in to reconnect -- nice job actually. So now I've got a problem. I've got most of the spring in the housing and the hooked tail right out of the slot.
I was close to pulling the spring out of the housing altogether, and rewinding it according to another thread someone here sent me to, but decided to have a go at stuffing it back in.
So I put the housing in a vise, got the spring vack in it's slot (but still sticking out. With a small wooden block underneath I clamped the spring in a C clamp and tapped on the clamp to get most of it back in. Then I raised it enough in the vise to get the pinion shaft in so I could get the spring to contract to relieve pressure where the spring meets the inside wall . . . and got it all the way back in.
When putting the shaft in the spring almost escaped on me because I hadn't put the collar on on the far side . . . and to do that right one has to make sure that the spring retaining pin is pulled backwith the spring to the backside of the spring housing, then the part of the shaft that enters the Head Stock needs to be flush with the Head Stock and THEN the collar lock goes on the far side, and finally the collar lock on the SS Logo side.
I found that I could retract the Quill enough to get the brass Quill lock pieces right, without the splined end coming out again at the pulley end.
Thanks much,
Terry
You wrote:
Put the drill chuck on the spindle to make
this easier, and remove the upper belt guard. Hold one in
place, and turn the other, and they will mesh up.
Good tip about the chuck on . . . it went well without it though.
What kept hanging me up weren't the splines, it was the two brass plugs of the quill lock
that had strayed from their original positions..
You might need to do this a couple times, until you get the
tension you want.
No kidding. I went for 3.5 turns which felt fine while the head Stock was horizontal,
but my last move tonight was to stand it up and it became obvious that it needs another half turn.
Abridged version, remove the stop nuts. Advance quill until
that stops. Advance another 1/2 turn further. Push quill in,
while winding the handle in. Check tension, rinse and repeat
as needed. Replace stop nuts and washer.
What exactly is the correct placement of that lone washer?
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
I said that the spring didn't appear to be broken, but upon closer inspection I could see what looked like three spring ends against the inside of the housing. It looked like the spring had broken 2" away from the curled catch at the end. So I made a mark and stared pulling the spring out of the housing through the slot. It turns out someone had overlapped the break and put two thin rivets in to reconnect -- nice job actually. So now I've got a problem. I've got most of the spring in the housing and the hooked tail right out of the slot.
I was close to pulling the spring out of the housing altogether, and rewinding it according to another thread someone here sent me to, but decided to have a go at stuffing it back in.
So I put the housing in a vise, got the spring vack in it's slot (but still sticking out. With a small wooden block underneath I clamped the spring in a C clamp and tapped on the clamp to get most of it back in. Then I raised it enough in the vise to get the pinion shaft in so I could get the spring to contract to relieve pressure where the spring meets the inside wall . . . and got it all the way back in.
When putting the shaft in the spring almost escaped on me because I hadn't put the collar on on the far side . . . and to do that right one has to make sure that the spring retaining pin is pulled backwith the spring to the backside of the spring housing, then the part of the shaft that enters the Head Stock needs to be flush with the Head Stock and THEN the collar lock goes on the far side, and finally the collar lock on the SS Logo side.
I found that I could retract the Quill enough to get the brass Quill lock pieces right, without the splined end coming out again at the pulley end.
Thanks much,
Terry
