Drill press chuck fell off

[protechk5]

I have a Craftsman drill press and the chuck fell off. What is the right way to put it back on?

 

[bigjbear]

A brass dead-blow hammer is what I used on mine when I bought it. I've never had it come back off. It you don't have one try a block of wood & a regular hammer. Hit it hard, don't tap it. Oh, and make sure there is no grease on it.

 

[GMC Truck]

Yep its a taper lock so clean the tapers with brake clean and smack it on there good!

 

[rdn2blazer]

I have a Craftsman drill press and the chuck fell off. What is the right way to put it back on?

Well good golly god damn, if a man were a drill press that'd be like yur pecker fallin'off now would'nt it

 

[cuervo]

I just raised the table up and put a 2x4 on the table. Then put the chuck on the shaft and pulled down on the press arm really hard. This was installing it.

 

[Big Blzn]

I just raised the table up and put a 2x4 on the table. Then put the chuck on the shaft and pulled down on the press arm really hard. This was installing it.

Same way here.

 

[86chevyk10]

I tacked welded my old rockwell when it fell off. Just three small tacks around the shaft, held up since.