I bought this old drill press the other day -- it's from the 50's I believe. Model number is 103.24520.
Bad story is this... the headstock was off center and I wanted to center it. I had a friend to help (who has a dozen drill presses at his shop). I started to tell him what I wanted to do and before I could stop him he just reached up and released the headstock lock. The headstock came down instantly onto the table (about a 12" drop). Fortunately, no hands were down there.
Before this happened, I had measured under .003 runout below the chuck. Now I measure about twice that. So I figure I'll remove the chuck (Jacobs) . It took a lot of work to get the thrust collar loose, but I cannot get the chuck off. I fear the force of about 50 or more pounds of headstock falling 12" on the chuck might have really stuck it in.
Anyway, I don't know what the taper is and would appreciate any help in figuring out how to get that chuck off. There is no slot on the spindle for the drift. I have a manual for a slightly older version of this drill press, and it says "be sure the taper on the chuck and on the spindle are clean", so I know it is a taper, and there is a "chuck removal wedge" in the parts list, but I don't have it.
Any advice would be most welcome.
Thanks.
-Bruno