October is "Chuck Month"

[GerryinBelleRiver]

Or least it seems to be . Found the first two at a yard sale a couple of weeks back; a 6A and an 18N. Paid $50 for those two.
Yesterday found a No3 and a 14N . Paid $80 for those along with a little metal set of drawers and a number of HSS Lathe bits.
Can't complain about those prices.

Of course none of them had the chuck key. Where do those things go?

 

[Mcgyver]

what do you need key wise Gerry, I've a lot.....yours for the postage. I believe there are tables online that spec the key needed for different chucks
Mike

 

[GerryinBelleRiver]

what do you need key wise Gerry, I've a lot.....yours for the postage. I believe there are tables online that spec the key needed for different chucks
Mike

Thanks for the offer. The N03 and the 14N both take a Jacobs K3 key. Let me know if you have two.

Gerry

 

[Mcgyver]

will check, out of town until Thursday

 

[trlvn]

Vintage Machinery has copies of Jacobs catalogs from 1962, 1974 and 1980 (16 to 20 each), that provide a lot of information about their lines of drill chucks including the appropriate key size:

Jacobs Manufacturing Co. - Publication Reprints | VintageMachinery.org

Craig