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I’m fairly familiar with this low cost keyless chuck style. I agree research on this companion press is spotty. But I’m starting to agree I can just buy a threaded chuck and get by. I was hoping for someone who has one of these, and could provide some info.you might have dismantled the chuck when you removed it, rather than removing it and its arbor from the spindle.
Is there a slot in the side of the quill when you lower it? It really looks like that threaded piece is a male arbor that goes into a female socket in the end of the spindle. I can't recall ever seeing a drill press with a threaded end, they're always either male or female tapers. Had a quick look online and couldn't find any good pics. One thread said the spindle was threaded 1/2-24 at the end, another one said to use wedges to remove the chuck (= taper). Bit of a mystery!
Glad to hear that there may be replacements available. I'll get the thread pitch (I was lazy, and my thread gauge is packed away from my recent move). Visually, it LOOKS finer than 1/2-20, but i'm hoping it is something fairly standard. I don't want to make an adaptor, as the Z height is small enough on these benchtop drill presses!I have a similar chuck somewhere around here.
I bought it at Sears along with a couple odd centers for a wood lathe I was putting together.
This particular chuck screwed onto a threaded shaft with a (iirc) 1/2" hole on the other end to mount it to a motor or shaft.
It's very simple with spring-loaded jaws similar to this: https://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Drill-Chuck-1F612 perhaps this will work on your machine?