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Cannot get the chuck to seat

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#1 · (Edited)
I picked up this drill press from HF about a year ago:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=43378

Threw it together but I haven't really used it at all until just recently, when I noticed that the chuck won't seat itself completely. I tried seating the way the "instructions" said and I honestly feel like I'm going to snap the thing in half if I try pressing it more. Anybody else had this problem on this drill press? If you did, how did you get it to seat itself?
 
#2 ·
I bought the biggest HF drill press and had little problems with the chuck. First the chuck would not seat so I moved the bed to the side and whopped the shit out of it with a 3 lbs rubber hammer and it weated fine! Then the pulley was loose allowing the shaft to spin inside the pulley so I had to tighten it up...

Been running strong every since...

JOSH
 
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