Shopsmith - Chuck key needed for a Shopsmith Jacobs 3326 drill chuck

May not be what you want but-

http://redding.craigslist.org/tls/1001006871.html

The chuck & key combos often appear on ebay. I just got back from vacation and I might have a spare key only, but will need a couple of days to check. Another great source for SS stuff is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shopsmith10ERusers/ or http://www.ssug.org/index.php

If you don’t have success, send me a private message in a few days to remind me to look around. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

would the chuck from a newer shopsmith work?

Thanks for the feed back. The new Shopsmith keys won’t work. The only chuck key that I’ve found that comes close a Jacobs K30. It’s close, but not an exact fit. Some of the Shopsmith chucks with the same model number work with a Jacobs K32. Maybe mine was rebuilt at some point…who knows. I’ve decided to sell the chuck and purchase a new one from Shopsmith directly.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

I just bought one of these for the 3326 I bought off of eBay. Our local Lowes carries Jacobs replacement chuck keys. You need #30251 for $2.97 . . . it fits perfect. I searched Lowes website before actually going to the store and had the number in hand. If you don’t have a Lowes locally, I think they can be ordered online. Hope this helps.

lowes has it and it is cheap.

-- making sawdust....

I found out why I was having a problem with locating a chuck key. Turns out that the sleeve on the chuck was out of position. I took the chuck apart and put it back together and now the Jacobs K32 chuck key works like a champ.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”