Does Your Drill Press Have A Morse Taper?

[John McClanahan]

I have the chance to buy a spindle for my drill press that has a Morse taper. Does your drill press have one? Do you make use of it? If you don't have one, do you wish you had one?


Thanks,
John

[Thomas Hotchkin]

Yes it does, and I have almost a complete set of Morse taper drill bits that I use for any time I do metal work. Morse tapes drill bits from 3/16" to 1 1/4". They came with the drill press. Never have one twist in the chuck any more.

[Rod Sheridan]

I have the chance to buy a spindle for my drill press that has a Morse taper. Does your drill press have one? Do you make use of it? If you don't have one, do you wish you had one?


Thanks,
John

One of mine does, I use it with bits larger than 1/2" in steel.....................Rod.

[David Perry]

Yes, it does. And to be honest I wouldn't want a DP that didn't have a morse taper. It's the standard taper for drill presses. It's self locking and you can always find arbors to mount just about any drill chuck or anything else you might want to mount.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

My big one does, it's the ticket for metal work. Not necessary for woodworking probably, but nice to have.

[Wade Lippman]

Perhaps I am confused, but don't all drill presses (and lathes) have morse tapers?

[Bryan Wiesendahl]

Perhaps I am confused, but don't all drill presses (and lathes) have morse tapers?

Most drill presses have Jacobs tapers to hold the chuck in the arbor... That's why it's not good to put a side load on a drill press (like with those drum sanders, or using the chuck as a lathe) as the lateral force can pop the taper. Thats why most lathes have a morse taper.

[Jim Evatt]

I have a Craftsman that does not have morse taper. It has a threaded shaft and threaded ring. Never had a problem with it.

[Jim Evatt]

Craftsman 1969 year model I used it in auto repair shop with seven mechanics for 23 years. Has threaded ring on top of chuck that shaft screws into chuck bottom and ring screws on at top and no morse taper. No problems and still using it in woodshop today.

[Rich Riddle]

Yes. It's an old Rockwell with variable speed. Works great.

[Ronald Blue]

If you aren't sure what you have extend the spindle fully out and see if there is a slot to insert the drift through the spindle. if so then you have a Morse taper. If you have a Morse taper then nearly all chucks are attached to the Morse taper shank by a Jacobs taper. Confusing huh? It was developed by Jacobs for there chucks and became the standard chuck mounting method.

[Brian W Smith]

A cpl do,cpl don't.

W/T 20" in the cab shop does,15" C-man in reloading rm does not.The two best examples of haves and have nots here.

[John McClanahan]

Craftsman 1969 year model I used it in auto repair shop with seven mechanics for 23 years. Has threaded ring on top of chuck that shaft screws into chuck bottom and ring screws on at top and no morse taper. No problems and still using it in woodshop today.

This is what mine currently has. It is called a Jacobs taper. Different from a Morse taper. If the chuck is 1/2", the taper is a JT33.

I bought the Morse taper spindle. Thanks everyone for your input on this!!


John

[Wade Lippman]

If you aren't sure what you have extend the spindle fully out and see if there is a slot to insert the drift through the spindle. if so then you have a Morse taper. If you have a Morse taper then nearly all chucks are attached to the Morse taper shank by a Jacobs taper. Confusing huh? It was developed by Jacobs for there chucks and became the standard chuck mounting method.

Just for fun I looked it up. DP spindle is MT2, chuck is JT3. Any reason Jacobs developed when Morse already existed?
OTOH I bought a MT2 chuck for my RAS and then found it fit my lathe also.
Go figure.

[John McClanahan]

Wade, since you have a JT3, i'm guessing you have a 5/8" drill chuck. I never could find a JT33 chuck that had a capacity greater than 1/2". Most 5/8" chucks don't close down to 0". Now I can have 2 chucks and swap them out as needed.

James, what you have sounds like what I had. THe chuck had a threaded collar that screwed up onto the spindle to hold the chuck on tight. The problem with mine was that the chuck spun on the tapered end of the spindle and damaged the taper.


John