"What is it?" #89

Uhhh, cause the jaws on the standard drill press chuck won't close far enough to grip that teeny-tiny bit.

Yeh, when most drill chucks close all the way, there is still a gap in the teeth that goes around the drill. I have put a drill in a chuck, tighten it all the way, let go of the drill bit, and watch it fall out.

It is a chuck to be able to use wire drill bits in your drill press rather than a pin vise. Usually #61 through 80

Snowshoe said:

Uhhh, cause the jaws on the standard drill press chuck won't close far enough to grip that teeny-tiny bit.

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Everyone did so well on this....... Yes most drill presses have a chuck that goes from 1/16" to 1/2". If the drill is smaller then the 1/16" it may not chuck it at all. The solution is one of these. This one will go down to a #80 drill so for most of us this is small enough...... #80 = .0135" (.343mm) if for some reason you need a #97 (.0059") tough luck I guess. I should also point out these are rated for speed as well and this one is 3500 rpm so no using it in the dremal at 20,000 rpm........

I was building some circuit boards some years back and got this.... then I got the dremal small drill press..... table moved, followed by the larger "sear" drill press where the tool moved.......

Ed

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