Mike Clarke Wrote in message:
On 24/05/2019 16:07, Terry Casey wrote:
In article ,
says...


... then I gripped the short leg of
a large allen key in the jaws of the chuck and gave the long leg a sharp
tap with a hammer in an attempt to loosen the main right handed (I
think?) thread ...

Left handed, surely, as everybody else has said.

No, the locking screw is left handed but the thread on the chuck is
right handed.

I can confirm that because after leaving things after this mornings
failed attempt the WD40 seems to have worked its magic over the last few
hours

Well, good to hear some evidential feedback of a WD-40 success,
rather than the usual dismissive "armchair" rhetoric
;-)


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Jim K


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