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Brian Gaff wrote:
Over the years I've lost about 10 chuck keys for my drill, and yet I'm
so careful to keep them with the drill. I swear there is some force in
the universe that makes them vanish when you really want one.

Swap to a keyless chuck? Certainly for a hand drill. For a pillar drill, a
bit of decent string round it?

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