Powermatic Drills - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

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In most column drillsis a narrow rectangular recess above the chuck when it is rotated slightly downwards therefore you should have one of these auxiliary tool At least the wedge Have not seen another system to remove a drill spindle

Katie,Refer to the picture below. Loosen the locknuts (the one on the right side of the drill is shown, there is another on the left side). Use the lever to move the motor toward you, thereby loosening the drive belt(s). Open the top cover to expose the belt(s) and sheaves (most people incorrectly call them pulleys). You might have one belt and two sheaves, or you have two belts and three sheaves. The drill will go fastest when the belt is on the biggest motor sheave and the smallest sheave on the drill spindle. Of course the opposite sizes apply for the slowest speeds. Make sure the belt uses a pair of sheaves that are at the same height as each other (the belt has to stay in one plane). Now tighten the belt(s) by pushing the lever pretty hard away from you, and while holding it with your right hand tighten the left side locknut with your left hand. Now tighten the right locknut. Close the cover. ----- OK, so now you know how to CHANGE speeds, what about drilling glass? This can be tricky. You must use a pretty slow speed (maybe the slowest, depending on the size of hole you are drilling. And you must keep the spot you are drilling flooded with water to keep the glass cool. And you must apply pretty gentle pressure. And the use of a drill bit intended for drilling glass helps a lot. And don't try the first hole in something expensive! Practice on something disposable first. Take your time. AND WEAR SAFETY GLASSES!Good luck!

There are only a few sizes of chuck key. Easiest thing to do is first find a drill bit that fits in the hole where the key goes to determine the size of the pin on the end of the key. (Use the back end of the drill bit.) Then take any other chuck key you have and see how closely it fits or doesn't fit - just as a reference. Take the reference chuck key and the drill bit with you to Sears or any place that sells a good assortment of tools. You will probably be able to determine the correct size key from what they have available very easily. Good luck, Al K

Hi, this is happening because the belts are shinny... true.. well and a little stretched... you see what happens is the belts are slipping over the Pulleys when the drill bit draws and bites on it hard.. the Fix if you will, is to A: Replace the belt... Or B: Tighten the belt, & roughen up BOTH surfaces a little to improve traction..
This usually will only be a stop gap measure though, as this really means that you need a new Drive Belt(s) as the existing one(s) has stretched too much, and has lost it's grip. belts only have to increase their size minutely to just loose that edge that a newer one has.

Try checking to see if the front pulley cluster locking grubscrew is tight, I had a similar problem on mine.

The return spring is usually up on the side, and is just like a big watch spring, wound up in there, take off the cover, it is probably broken, or maybe just slipped out of it's keeper. If it is broken on the end, you won't be able to bend it with out a torch, get the end red hot and put it in a vise and whack it with a hammer. If it is broken in the middle, you can weld it with an arc rod and a torch, bust off the flux, weld it together and let it air cool. Or you can find a new one.

Hello Tina. Get a can of a penetrating lubricant called WD-40. Do not turn on the bit but do use the handle to put some pressure on the chisels. Spray some WD-40 into the mechanism, whereever it is supposed to move. If it doesn't free up immediately do not despair as this penetrating lube some times takes a few hours to work. regards, Joe

paste this link into your browser address bar
http://www.toolsandmachinery.com/powermatic-parts-5882/powermatic-drill-press-parts-6903/powermatic-2800-parts-6904/

thats the diagram and parts listing for the only available powermatic drill press ( 2800) , if its an older model you might find the parts on ebay , i have in the past used a recoil starter spring but it can be a pain to modify the spring to suit .

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Your neighbor is connected to your electrical line. Don't you care???

the wiring will be a color to color scheme. White to White, Black to black, greento green. If you are wiring to a cord cap, green wire to green screw, black wire to gold screw, white wire to silver screw. In the press wires may not be same color, look for wres marked L1, L2

Question edited for clarity. Amazon do a 4 way universal, or take the chuck into a local engineering supply company for a key that fits or a new chuck and key. Every city has them. https://www.google.com/search?q=Jobmate+55-5901-6+drill+press+replacement+chuck+key https://www.icscuttingtools.com/Search.htm?ss360Query=chuck%20keys and it looks like the maker has gone. https://www.google.com/search?q=Jobmate+55-5901-6+drill+press ..