JACOBS SUPER DRILL CHUCKS

[@ohmbug10]

Never considered not tightening a keyed chuck without using the key. I learned something new.

[@ellieprice363]

I wonder if it would be possible to design a spanner wrench to tighten the chuck by precisely gripping on the small milled slots on the OD of the chuck body. I’m sure this is overkill and not practical but I just can’t stop the old mind from wandering.

[@ohmbug10]

@@ellieprice363 I think it would be doable and much more handy than a chuck key.

[@causewaykayak]

That was DEFINITELY interesting. The arthritic hands still do a grand job Sir.

[@timeflysintheshop]

I am going to my first auction of a man who had a large machine shop set up. I will keep an eye out for super chucks! Wish me luck! 👍😀😎

[@mrpete222]

Good luck!

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

I have a Jacobs chuck that I bought in the early 70's. I have been using it for both drill press and lathe as it is the only one with a #2 Morse taper. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

[@markstone6368]

I picked up an old Harbor Freight bench top milling machine and have been fixing it up. In the process of making a dial for the Y axis, I needed to drill a cross pin hole. Now this is my first mill and I didn't have much tooling for it yet, and it only cam with a hold down set. I did purchase a cheap set of R8 collets. I have several Jacobs chucks for my lathes, as well as a couple chineesium chucks. they all had JT to Morse taper shanks on them. I didn't want to turn one down to a straight shank, so I rutted around for a old drill motor to steal a chuck from. Couldn't find one, but looking thru my toolbox I found a cheap right angle drill adapter with a small chuck on it. I had picked it up couple of years ago from a garage sale or flea market and never used it. It was brand new in the box when I got it. It had come from Harbor Freight. The chuck was threaded on to the right angle adapter and had a SAE thread in it. After making a threaded arbor for it, I noticed it was laser etched Jacobs Chuck China! Did the job well! MJ

[@mrpete222]

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[@Duckfarmer27]

Another good video to go with the morning coffee. Have a good Sunday Lyle.

[@mrpete222]

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[@duron700r]

True. A production shop beats those sweet old super chucks to heck. Then we used them some more. I always hogged them down in two or the three key holes so I wouldn't spin out. That's tough to witness, spinning a bit in a 300 rpm lathe like mine. Oww! There's an old work dumpster find Super behind me. Poor thing.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice review of these great chucks, I to have several and use them often. Thanks for sharing.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Your video is timely. I just refurbed one of these. It came with my ancient camel back drill press that I am restoring.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Nothing but the greatest respect for Mr. Pete!!😊😊👌

[@mrpete222]

😄😄👍👍

[@terry1309]

You can see the bit turning in the chuck at the end of the test, first test with hand tightened chuck, with unfaced stock being drilled you are calling 'wobbly', looks like a centering bit. Nice video though, appreciate that you took the time to make it.

[@titanmachinetool]

Hey Mr. Pete, I tested your presentation today for myself. I plowed a #7 center drill 5/8" deep into 1018 steel with only hand tightening. Then I followed up with drilling 3/8" diameter hole 3-1/2" deep, again only hand tight.

[@mrpete222]

Great, I rest my case

[@AbdoKhelalfa]

لا علاقة لي بالحداده اوالاحام أو بالخراطه ،، ولاكن ارتاح نفسيا حينما أراك تعمل بإتقان بار الله لك في غعمالك،، بوبكر من ششار الجزائر

[@mrpete222]

Thank you. Wow, you are a long ways off from Illinois.

[@jerryshafer474]

Thanks for all your great work 👍

[@mrpete222]

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[@hbracerx]

Never tried the keyless approach with the super chuck, learned something new today! Thanks!

[@williamdavis5052]

Thanks for this video , I like my super chucks, nice to see why.

[@clydedecker765]

Lyle, how about some comment on Max Grants latest project? I don't think many machinists could do what Max did to get this last part made. Maybe, Ox Tool but I don't know. Max is Swan Valley Machine Shop out of Perth, Australia (The bearing block duplication)

[@mrpete222]

I will check him out

[@binbashbuddy]

Danaher bought Jacobs and move most manufacturing to China almost 20 years ago. If it's stamped made in the USA it's the original Jacobs, if it's not it's a Danaher Jacobs made in China.

[@mrpete222]

😂

[@douglasbollinger8678]

Yup, it seems the USA factory closed back at the end of 2009. About the same time Mr Pete started posting videos on UTube.

[@PaulSteMarie]

There were a few steps in that process. First Danaher moved Jacobs and many other companies into Apex, a joint venture with Cooper. Bain Capital then purchased Apex, shut down US operations, and moved everything to China. TYVFM, Mitt Romney

[@desertdweller9548]

Yup, Chinese garbage for two decades now. Shameful.

[@randyfrieler5524]

Love all your videos, keep em coming.

[@mrpete222]

More to come!

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

I have several and love them. Thanks for the discussion Lyle 👍👍

[@johncloar1692]

Thanks for the video Mr. Pete I do own a few Jacobs Chuck and some are Supper Chucks all US Made and I love them.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍

[@MegaLostOne]

I cannot verify the quality but the newer Jacobs Super chucks are made in China. All of mine are the older ones made in the U.S.A. I have rebuilt a couple of them that I got with worn out jaws and they work like new now. I have from 8-1/2N to 20N. The 14N must have been thrown on a lot of equipment in the day because they seem to show up everywhere. Also if you are rebuilding the Super chucks make sure of the kit that you use, the Made in U.S.A use a different kit than the made in China Super chucks use.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@junkmannoparts9696]

Hi MR Pete good video . one thing i don't like about the import keyless chucks is the jaws turn when your tightening up a small drill on a mill. also Shars keyless chucks they tell you to use a wrench on the keyless chuck or voids the warranty . I have bought two used supper chucks and if they didn't take photos i did not get them . if you see wear on the teeth they have been used a lot . Thanks JM

[@nottoday62]

Brian from Ma.Great video glad I’m not only ones keyless chuck stiff in spots and hard to untighten sometimes Thanks for tips Besafe

[@stevevogelman3360]

I have a very nice super chuck. A prized possession for sure.

[@jerryshafer474]

Morning sunshine 🌞

[@vicdreyer6413]

That first drill bit looks like it did rotate a little.

[@steveparker8723]

Somewhere i have a couple sets of replacement jaws for a half inch or bigger Jacobs chuck.

[@garthbutton699]

Thanks for another informative video, have several super chucks never tried them keyless,my old shop teacher"Mr.Copp" would throw a rubber mallet at you🤗😎🤗😎

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@rlsimpso]

I went back to keyed chucks on my mill after using keyless for a long time. I had an Albrecht copy and crashed it so badly it jammed shut. Taking it apart I found the balls had pressed dimples into the body. I still have a real Albercht on a large drill press which I can't crash to badly and it works well. I have both older American made and Chinese made super chucks in 1/2 and 3/8. The finish on the US made ones is better, but there is nothing wrong with the Chinese ones I have at least. Runout is the same and they all work "keylessly" for smaller drills as demonstrated. Drills can be changed almost as fast as a proper keyless. Having taken both US and Chinese apart i found they changed the size and quantity of balls at some time before moving production to China. The older ones are a full around the circumference with 5/32 balls and the body has the lower race integrally ground. The newer ones have a plastic race that keeps the balls evenly space and run on a hardened washer. As you said, rebuilding isn't worth it, as I learned the hard way buying kits trying to match up with different variations 😅. An advantage over the Albrecht type is the shorter body which helps with tight setups going from a spotting drill to a jobber and then chucking reamer on the j head for example.

[@debcamp2359]

Informative and entertaining!❤

[@angelramos-2005]

Great chucks,mrpete.Thank you.

[@RichieCat4223]

Mr. Pete are the keyless chucks on battery powered drills ball bearing?

[@tonyn3123]

Can you provide maybe a video how to determine the taper on a shaft? I have several tools that have tapered shafts for insertion into a machine. A Morse #1, #2, etc. tapers are confusing to me. I have researched online for "how to measure tapered shafts" and got an online calculator and a lot of text, but it isn't helping me determine what I have. In short, for my drill press, I would like to buy a keyless chuck and want to determine the proper tapered shaft to buy. Now, for my drill press, I can't look in my manual and get the size taper of the chuck shaft, but I have other much older tools that I need to make sure before purchasing. Thanks for your videos.

[@bcbloc02]

I have a 16n that is probably 10 years old and I don’t believe it is a USA made one but it works just the same and the runout is good. Maybe just got lucky.

[@rustymachineshop9456]

Mr Pete is that a brass knuckles by your drill press in the still pictures Mr. Pete, when you having another story about you and your brother getting in trouble

[@mrpete222]

Soon

[@rustymachineshop9456]

@@mrpete222 can't wait till the raft trip down the river's

[@edl5074]

When I picked up my bridgport for 700$ it had a large supper chuck in good shape when I looked it up almost got the bridgeport for 200$ lol

[@be007]

i wonder what the holding power is with taps ? cheers ben.

[@hersch_tool]

I love super chucks, I've got a few of them that all came from various lots of random tools I've bought. So they're all old, made in the USA, and all work beautifully. It really breaks my heart that these old American names in quality tool making are now being worn like skin suits by these inferior tools made in foreign lands. What happened to this once great and proud industrial giant.

[@mrpete222]

😂😂😂

[@ellieprice363]

Labor unions must be blamed for a large portion of America’s industrial capacity moving overseas. When hourly raises and benefits are increased without a corresponding increase in productivity companies must close their doors or move to a cheaper labor market.

[@douglasbollinger8678]

@@ellieprice363 Perhaps, but somehow Albrecht and Röhm still manage to make some drill chucks in Germany and I don't think those Krauts work cheap.

[@coldpond]

Like the brass knuckles 😅

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@nomercadies]

Prince Charles and Diana were going to name their child "Up." But reconsidered when they figured their subjects would be at parades screaming, "Up Chuck and Die!" The ballbearing part is Up in the Heir.

[@andrewraugh1622]

Nice video! Thank you!

[@stevewilliams2498]

I have looked and looked on Ebay and you have loads of second hand super chuck in the States. Nary a one in the UK 😢😢

[@marcseclecticstuff9497]

The original Super chucks didn't have the fancy machining and large stamping on the top of the collar, the collars looked just like standard chucks. They stamped Super Chuck etc. on the body like the regular chucks as well so they're tougher to spot. The current chucks are made in China and are laser engraved on both the collar and the body. I avoid the laser ones on Fleabay, only bid if it says "Hartford Conn" on it.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for the info

[@danbreyfogle8486]

My 1960's era Craftsman drill press has a no name chuck and it works okay, but I think the super chuck would have more value than the drill press itself, grin...

[@chrisbrady-t1u]

Made in China now but at least they still have the good ol' USA high price tag.Some things never change,thank God.

[@mrpete222]

😂😂

[@RonHelton]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@andywander]

the drill definitely slipped when using the 1/8" hand-tightened. Look at the video more closely.

[@workingovertime4429]

I brought a mill and it came with a 1” chuck

[@sbuzz5889]

i still learn @66

[@mrpete222]

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[@richardrogers567]

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[@TheUncleRuckus]

For the algorithm 👍👍

[@georgedennison3338]

No views, posted 1 minute ago... you're either 'Burning the Midnight Oil' or 'Up With the Chickens'. I thought I was the only one in the world who said, 'They're really proud of...', in relation to a high price. Up, up & away... it's Super Chuck! I just spent the last 3 weeks sick. Trying to still be productive I spent some money on Ali Express, China's eBay, which is FULL of machine tool manufacturers. I pushed hard finding the best price & free S&H on coated carbide end mills, indexable tool holders & inserts and diamond abrasive products. Learned a lot about who's manufacturing inserts & which US- sold insert company's coding they use on their inserts. If a Chinese manufacturer is using Mitsubishi's or Iscar's coding, what's the chance THEY are the one's making them FOR Mitsu or Iscar? I'm not of the opinion all Chinese stuff is junk. I have already received some of the product & I've been impressed w/ the quality. By the way, I got a ½" keyless chuck for $7.21. I bought the exact same chuck from a US dist, sold as Chinese, for nearly $40. I also found a 3 axis version of the same 2 axis on my 2nd hand mill. Previous owner paid $250 + cost of scales 10+ yrs ago. Got it for $135. If you have the time, (what else does someone officially ancient have?), there are extremely good deals on AliEx. Great vid on Jacobs' Super C! As always. Re: Unimat Does it have a Morse taper tailstock socket? The Sherline's is MT0 & struggles to hold chucks; really struggles... Thanks for bein' up w/ the chickens... GeoD

[@mrpete222]

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[@minigunmen]

The small drill slipped a 1/2 of a turn :)

[@jonnymiskatonic]

That small bit definitely slipped in the chuck.

[@tom87pate]

I despise communists, onions, lazy people, politicians, and keyless chucks on cordless drills!

[@mrpete222]

lol What’s wrong with onions?

[@tom87pate]

@@mrpete222 I've always hated onions. I like garlic, but no onions please!

[@ellieprice363]

@@tom87pateNot even sweet Vadalia’s?

[@tom87pate]

@@ellieprice363 No kind of onions.

[@alro2434]

@@tom87pate Your loss.

[@thomasdickey356]

Sadly the new version is Chinese made