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Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Hello! I will tell you how to make a very convenient key for the chuck of your drill, drilling machine or hammer drill. The native key that comes with the kit is extremely uncomfortable. Tightening the drill is very difficult and with frequent changes of the drilling tool, your fingers begin to hurt. This problem can be easily solved in a short period of time, if you make your own convenient key for the cartridge.
We try to securely tighten the drill in the chuck using the key included.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Due to the small lever, it is very difficult to create the proper effort, and therefore securely fasten the tool. As a result, unpleasant pain in the arm appears due to excessive force.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Convenient key making


It is necessary to cut off the head of the native key, but not under the root, but at a distance of about 5-7 mm. To do this, mark the place of cut with a marker.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Holding the key with pliers, saw off the head with a grinder. If there is a vice, use them, since this method is extremely dangerous.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Next, you need a ring wrench, into the hole of which the sawed head is inserted as close as possible. I took on 8, I do not need it so much, especially the second half of it will completely remain working.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

We insert one into the other.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Fix by arc welding.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Hammer the mill scale after welding. Grind to a shine with a grinding wheel on the grinder.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

Our convenient key is ready.
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

We test: it pulls in the cartridge very well, it's just a song!
Making a convenient key for a drill chuck

It's a shame that I suffered for a long time before with the usual key. I recommend that you do the same.
As a result of a longer lever, it is possible to create a good tightening force without problems, without too much tension for yourself. Use your friends! Very comfortably!

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Comments (9)
  1. Sergey K
    #1 Sergey K Visitors May 26, 2018 00:38
    11
    Why is it so difficult to fit a suitable size pipe onto a key shank?
    Well, or since there is welding, then just make the shank of the desired length ???
  2. Guest Andrey
    #2 Guest Andrey Guests May 26, 2018 07:32
    3
    spoiled the key and that’s it, change the cartridge to another by hand which is tightened
    1. Guest Igor
      #3 Guest Igor Guests 11 june 2018 06:39
      0
      Keyless chuck, it is NOT FOR drill. Its main purpose is a BIT with several faces !!! Of course, you can clamp and drill, and even drill a hole with it, but only in soft material-wood, for example. But in the metal, there will be difficulties even with aluminum.
      1. Anton
        #4 Anton Guests June 18, 2018 11:37 p.m.
        1
        I do not agree! I have been using the Makita two-speed impact drill with a quick-clamping chuck for more than one year. He calmly drilled steel up to 10 mm without slipping the drill in the chuck! The chuck is designed for drills up to 12 mm, what bits of 12 mm can we talk about !?
      2. Guest Igor
        #5 Guest Igor Guests September 3, 2018 11:49
        0
        He calmly drilled a brick wall about 30 cm thick with a hammer drill with a quick-release chuck. Everything worked perfectly. He also drilled metal, but somehow the tree did not have to.These old locksmiths do not recognize quick-release cartridges, as in the past, old plumbers did not recognize ball valves.
      3. Sektor
        #6 Sektor Guests January 31, 2019 8:00 p.m.
        0
        Now, many drills come with quick-release chucks. You apparently have not entered the store since Soviet times.
  3. Sergey Alekseevich
    #7 Sergey Alekseevich Guests May 28, 2018 19:05
    1
    Well done and done. It doesn’t matter that the misfortune of all these keys is in their original and irreversible blunder.
  4. Guest Alex
    #8 Guest Alex Guests May 30, 2018 9:44 p.m.
    1
    And did any of the advisers think about how to weld tool steel? It is not cooked by simple welding !!!
    1. Anton
      #9 Anton Guests June 18, 2018 11:47 p.m.
      2
      It is quite possible to weld, especially if you take an electrode for a stainless steel. The metal will of course lose its quality and become much more fragile in the heat-affected zone (the metal heating zone is adjacent to the weld), but for such nonsense it will do!
      I agree with the first comment. If you already started welding with the improvement of such a key, it is easier to weld a small bar or a double-bent electrode without coating (4 or 5 mm).

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