Are you saying that the spring forces the drill downward and you have to
compress it to move the drill up and out of the way? Hmm...

If it is a spiral spring, you might be able to reverse it. Otherwise, I'd
say you have a strange "autofeed" drill press on your hands.

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"a6016" wrote in message
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I have some experience but this is a first for me: I'm not sure of the
nomenclature but drill presses I've seen have a tensioner or spring
that returns the chuck to the top of its travel. Am I explaining that
right? A used one I picked up, made in Japan and appears well made,
does just the opposite. If I want to drill something I have to rotate
the handle "back" so the drill goes up, then I can bring it down to
drill the hole. This just seems weird. Is there a way to reverse it
and make it "normal?" TIA.