I have a mystery I'm hoping someone can help shed light on. I purchased an (oldish - ~1980s) used Wilton 20606 Gear Head drill press. The machine appears to be in excellent shape. I believe it has an MT3, but I can't figure out how to remove the Morse Taper arbor. There are slots in a collar around the quill at 90 degrees from each other. Two opposing slots are filled with a key of some kind that appears to go all the way through and appears semi-permanent, and the other two opposing slots go through the collar, but don't allow access into the quill.
I am probably not using the correct terms, but the bottom line is that I have a very nice gear head drill press with no obvious way to get a drift into it. In desperation, I tapped gently with a ball joint fork between the chuck and the bottom of the quill, and the chuck (Jacobs 14N) popped right off. However, the arbor is still in the drill press. I'm sure there is a way to get the Morse taper arbor out, but I'm stumped. Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated.
I am probably not using the correct terms, but the bottom line is that I have a very nice gear head drill press with no obvious way to get a drift into it. In desperation, I tapped gently with a ball joint fork between the chuck and the bottom of the quill, and the chuck (Jacobs 14N) popped right off. However, the arbor is still in the drill press. I'm sure there is a way to get the Morse taper arbor out, but I'm stumped. Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated.