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Thanks, for the comments, There's no slot for a drift wedge, and the diagrams from Meddings confirm that the spindle is a single piece with a taper on the end. The chuck takes a JT6, so I'm really hoping that that's what the taper is too! Oddly, they had no record of the serial number from the...

Myfordman, I appreciate your concern for my drill, and I assure you, I share it. I am trying, as best I can, to understand how the drill is assembled (Meddings have been most helpful and sent me the parts list and exploded diagram), and how to rectify the run out. As I mentioned above, the run...

Thanks for the diagram Mick, that was very helpful, and gave me certainty that I was pushing against the right bit. I've tried shifting the chuck with wedges, but all I've managed to do so far is scuff the back of the chuck, snap the circlip that sits under the bearing and bend the wedges! It's...

Hi Mick, I tried to take up the slack with with what I had around yesterday, but I'm going to have to give it another go tonight. At the top, what should the packing or wedges be pushing against? I was worried about pushing against the bottom bearing, but it that's not going to cause a problem...

I recently picked up a rather nice Meddings Driltru, but having barely got it into the workshop, I managed to cause the head to drop onto the table, as I didn't have the locking collar tight enough. Before then it seemed to be running pretty smoothly, with little run-out, but now there's...