I have a brand new Powermatic 3520B. It has less than 80 hours on it I would guess. Today I had a jacobs chuck with a 2'' drill bit installed on the tailstock. Cranking it into the wood it became more and more difficult to crank. I quit after about an inch and a half of penetration. Figured I must have a very dull bit. It had the "lots of resistance" to withdraw the bit. Something is going on within the quill I suspect. That puppy is real stiff to crank, somethings wrong.
Powermatic has been great with a couple of minor problems so far, but it's the weekend and I would rather not wait if possible. Anybody got a quick fix to this problem? And did I cause this by using a big drill bit? The bit was a Dewalt self feeding armbreaker from my plumbing days. It was NOT self feeding because I was drilling into green popular end grain. I really didn't think it was a big deal, but what do I know?