Recent content by Lintltj5

Thanks for the help. I was babying it too much. Just needed a little persuasion.

I just picked up the same one for $60. How in the world do I get the pinion out in order to drop the quill assembly? Im driving myself crazy trying to figure it out and also not do anything that would damage it. I already stripped about 70 years of grease/grim/sawdust from the base and table...

So Im a newbie and I picked up and old Craftsman 103.23620 benchtop drill press. I have it almost totally stripped, but Im stuck at getting the quill assembly out. Im racking my brain trying to get the pinion out so I can drop the quill assembly. Can anyone tell/show me step by step? A video or...