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I've somehow lost my chuck key for my pillar drill. It's an Einhell BT-BD501 Drill Press (pillar Drill) 500w. which has a 16mm chuck. I don't know what to measure to know what size key to order. I've seen 16mm keys on ebay but not sure if that's just the size of the key not for a 16mm chuck.

Does it help if i measure the hole that the key goes into does this relate to the chuck key size?

I've found the manual online but it doesn't mention size. It's certainly a large size as i've got a 4 headed chuck key with different sizes on each but none of them are large enough.

 

any help appreciated.

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Hi,

There are hundreds of different chucks available and not that easy to tell apart.

I would suggest you remove the chuck off the press (should be a morse taper fit) and take to a local engineering supplier - like Buck & Hickmann, who then can find a suitable match for your chuck. A little bit more expensive but you can end up ordering many keys before you get the right one (sods law now states that you would get it correct first time🙄).

If not a taper(highly unlikely) it will be held on with a thread and possibly a locking screw in centre.

I used to run a tool hire company and kept loads of different keys in stock for just these occurrences, and still we had shortfalls!

 

Jim

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