{"id":6180,"date":"2023-04-07T21:54:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2023-04-07T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:57:18","slug":"drill-chuck-key-comfort-handles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6180","title":{"rendered":"Drill Chuck Key Comfort Handles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This may not be as relevant to some in these days of keyless chucks but here goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have got into the habit of watching Youtube videos on my phone while having coffee, usually on lathes or machining of some sort. During one such video yesterday a guy in the US had made comfort handles for for drill chuck keys and when he explained why it struck a chord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today while at\u00a0the lathe making return crank bushes for the Princess I decided to have a go at a handle for the chuck key for the drill chuck that I use on both my lathe and mill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1-500x239.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chuck Key Handle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1-500x287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0002-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chuck Key Handle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Really quick to\u00a0make and it doesn&#8217;t need a lathe to do it. A Drill and a file would suffice. I made it so the handle was a tight interference fit and I did such a good job that I had to drill a 1mm hole in\u00a0the end to let the compressed air out to allow it to push into the bottom of the main hole in the handle. It got quite a bit of use while making the bushes so this evening and it was so much more comfortable to use that I made a second one for the much smaller chuck key for my Proxxon Mini Pillar Drill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003-1024x517.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003-500x252.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_0003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chuck Key Handle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both handles are made from offcuts of Delrin rod that I had in stock but they could be made from pretty much anything. I had eyed up wooden dowel, aluminium bar and brass rod before remembering the Delrin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may not be as relevant to some in these days of keyless chucks but here goes. 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