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Cheers. I've got a can of WD40 fast release that I'll try before trying anything else. Will look into non spray stuff if it comes to that.

I think that's exactly what I'll do! I don't think the drill's been used for years - it took a lot of force just to open the chuck's jaws, and even then everything was really stiff.

Hi Rod,

Here's a close-up of the chuck, which has some numbers you can make out:

Hi Rod, I think that's an older Elliot. Mine might be a Mk 2, and according to

http://www.lathes.co.uk/progress-drills/page5.html

It says that on Mk 2 versions, "In addition to the usual pair of deep-groove ball raves, the 4-inch travel spindle was equipped with a separate thrust race and - possibly uniquely - its nose formed with both a Jacobs No. 6 taper to mount a drill chuck and, in a short extension, a No. 1 Morse taper with a knock-out slot. However, on later 8-slot table machines this unusual arrangement was dropped and just the Jacobs taper provided"

Does that make sense with what we see in the picture?

Hi Clive, yes, I've also read that the 'B' means tapered threaded

I'll stick a rod/screwdriver in the key hole to stop the spindle turning, and lock an allen key into the chuck, and hit the end of the allen key with a mallet to hopefully get the chuck turning....

Edited By Sunny Singh on 21/03/2018 20:27:19

Hi all,

I've got what looks like a Jacobs 36B chuck on an Elliott progress, and I don't know how to get it, and the arbor, off the spindle. I'm a noob, so I don't know what I'm looking at, and where I should be using drifts or wedges. Here are the images:

Here's a shot through the chuck, with the jaws open. There's no screw inside, and you can see right through to the oval-shaped hole in the above image:

So what tools do I need, and how do I dismantle this stuff!

Cheers!

Thanks Brian, I'll probably give that a go before attempting to put the column back into the pedestal, like others have suggested

I think I'll try some WD40 Fast Release from the top then, and where those holding wedges were. I'll try it as is first - not looking forward to lifting it back onto the pedestal...

I think I'll try some WD40 Fast Release from the top then, and where those holding wedges were. I'll try it as is first - not looking forward to lifting it back onto the pedestal...

Hi Ian, I've got the drill on it's side (sitting on bubble wrap). The column doesn't shift at all, even with the holding bolt completely out. The top of the column has got plenty of surface rust. I can try the penetrating oil there?

Hi Vic - yes! I found those two wedges, too. Both came out. Even with the drill lying on its side, and the wedges removed, the column just doesn't shift at all:

Hi all,

I've recently bought a Progress 1S (floor-standing pillar drill) off eBay, and I was hoping someone can help me figure out how to dismantle it.

So far, I've separated the column from the pedestal. Now I'm struggling to get the head of the drill and the steel column apart.

I've removed a bolt (shown in the image in the red box), and I'd hoped that this would allow me to slide the head off the column, but nothing budges. Is there something else I should be removing? Or is it rust that's stuck the parts together?

Cheers!