morse cone removal

[Moby Duck]

As I understand it you have a chuck with a male taper protruding from the top end. It has been removed from the drill press and the taper appears to be bent. Look inside the chuck as in Olderdans picture and you might also see a screw head. Remove that screw and you should be able to tap the chuck off, or punch it out as advised by Olderdan. Before you manufacture anything new I would suggest that you inspect and clean, remove burrs etc, from both of the tapers and also the female taper in the drill press. Sometimes they can be poorly assembled and appear bent but when cleaned up they run true again. You should also check the jaws of the chuck for burrs or scoring caused by slippage and remove any defects.