On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 12:33:27 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 4/20/2021 7:45 AM, TimR wrote:
So is there a point to the keyless chuck anyway?

I have one on a cheap Harbor Freight tool i bought for one project, and it doesn't save any time and isn't easy to use.

I was fine using the key on all my other tools. If you lose it buy two more.

Get a decent quality tool and the chuck will work well. I've not used a
keyed drill in over 20 years.

You bought cheap, you got cheap.

My keyed chuck drill is a Bosch. It's what I reach for when I need a drill.. I have a Black and Decker, it's what I reach for when somebody asks to borrow one. My keyless chuck is on a HF cheapo hammer drill that I needed for one job and may not use again. But that one job was a pain getting the chuck to work. It held the bits fine, didn't want to release them.