drill chucks

Hello, I'm a custom pen maker interested in replacing his mini wood lathe with a Sherline lathe. I drill holes about 15mm in diameter maximum in woods, plastics, rubbers, and non-ferrous metals. I saw that Sherline sells a morse taper #1 tailstock that can accommodate a 1-16mm drill chuck...

I have a half inch Jacobs drill chuck from Tormach that adapts unto a JT6 arbor. When the drill retracts under load, the chuck tends to get loose and fall off the arbor. What is the secret to connect them? Should I press it -- am afraid I will damage the TTS shoulder. Should I use some Loctite...

Hello all, I just bought a keyless chuck for my drill press, and am having drill slippage issues. It's a cheaper chuck, but I'm wondering if it really is just a crappy chuck, or if I'm using the wrong style shaft on my drills. I'm using straight round shanks, as most of my drilling is smaller...

So I bought a deceased tool die makers home shop a few months ago... the enco style rf35 mill and clarkson 12-26 lathe + hundreds endmills, taps, reamers and associated equipment like rotary table, 4 jaw face plate, dogs supports etc. (another band saw which I sold) and hundreds of pounds of...

I am the wife of one of your members and I want to purchase a new Drill Chuck for my husband's mini mill / lathe because the old Chinese chuck won't always tighten and the key is very sloppy. I would like to get a keyless chuck and a machinery place has an ad for "any Jacob's chuck for $95"...