Putting Bearing on Drill

[Lee Roberts]

Well i was about to say, "have you checked the spindle shaft for strait, using some rollers" but then i read your last post about using it as a Router...

I would defo check the shaft, as I think you know, a drill press isnt designed for the kind of forces (axial loads) exhibited when used like this, let alone the chuck comming lose and dropping off in mid "flight" taking a chunk out of anything or one standing close by. Standard radial bearings dont like this kind of thing either, I believe it's the reason we use angular contact bearings on our machine leadscrews...or should be .

I use a £50 drill press from Lidl, there are a few like it in these types of shop at times, the Lidl one though, is of better quality than the others, dont forget your getting what you pay for at £50. Not sure if they still do this one though as everything they seem to get now is branded "Parkside".

.Me