Recent content by JRock1000

Thanks. Just holding out hope that there's a taper secreted away there somewhere ;)

Thanks! Did you happen to pull out the shaft from the Quill and spindle? Is it the same 1/2 - 24 Chuck arbor? Is the shaft 1 piece (all the way to the threaded chuck arbor), or an assembly (where I could replace just the portion with the chuck arbor)?

Oof, I'll bet. I'm lucky that my garage is attached to my basement, so it stays pretty cool... Except that I can't open the door on hot days, because all the machines condensate and rust before my eyes. I get them all mixed up. I know there was an incestuous relationship between them all, but...

Sure is! But I keep coming back to it anytime I do a search on this old Companion. I have the same kind of chuck as yours (the Keyless), which leads me to believe that we have the same kind of spindle shaft. Do you remember the configuration? Is the Spindle shaft one piece, from the top, all...

Hi, apologies for resurrecting a zombie thread, and thanks for having me. I've got one that's nearly identical to the OP (an old one, with the 1 bar through a spindle for the quill feed), INCLUDING the Keyless Chuck. That's what My question pertains to. I'd like to replace it. That keyless...