[Newbie] jacobs 14s sprial chuck - 1928 ? Buffalo Forge 10" drill press

[Ken from ontario]

I had never seen one either, wonder why they stopped making them that way.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Mine opens and closes better than most new chucks and it has a hole on the back for oil..... But until I find a key it will be a paper weight...
Jacobs bought a company called Superior Gear and had tooling around to cut gears and started making these chucks for a little while after acquiring the new company.....

 

[rzonk]

I have one of these chucks and this is the first time I have seen a chuck key for it..... I use mine as a paper weight....
that's the one I bought from e bay

 

[rzonk]

 

[rzonk]

I have one of these presses, love to see more pictures. Have you had it working?

Tim

works pretty good actually,still getting the bugs out,motor was fried so I used one twice as fast and lowered gearing,thinking about variable speed,I have a 3 phase I can run variable,but its 4hp Chinese explosion proof (overkill)