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    From Chris J Dixon@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 10 14:20:08 2025
    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days,
    but whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required,
    on the button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily
    provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    Chris
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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Chris J Dixon on Thu Jul 10 14:26:04 2025
    On 10/07/2025 14:20, Chris J Dixon wrote:
    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days,
    but whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required,
    on the button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily
    provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    Chris


    Buy a grip strengthener? £2 on temu.

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  • From SteveW@21:1/5 to Chris J Dixon on Fri Jul 11 08:46:09 2025
    On 10/07/2025 14:20, Chris J Dixon wrote:
    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days,
    but whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required,
    on the button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily
    provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    Replace the chuck with a keyed one and use a rubber holder to attach it
    to the drill, so that you always have it on hand?

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  • From John Rumm@21:1/5 to Chris J Dixon on Fri Jul 11 16:37:02 2025
    On 10/07/2025 14:20, Chris J Dixon wrote:
    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days,
    but whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required,
    on the button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily
    provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    Swap the chuck for a two handed one that does not require a spindle lock
    to tighten (you grasp the inner and out rings with both hands and
    counter tighten)



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  • From Richard Tobin@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jul 11 20:18:49 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Chris J Dixon <[email protected]> wrote:
    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days,
    but whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required,
    on the button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily
    provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    I don't know what the button is like, but using something a small
    piece of wood between your finger and the button to increase the area
    you are pressing on might help.

    -- Richard

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Chris J Dixon on Mon Jul 14 11:20:07 2025
    On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:20:08 +0100, Chris J Dixon wrote:

    My aged Bosch PBS 700 RES drill doesn't get much use these days, but
    whenever I have to tighten the chuck, the pressure required, on the
    button that stops it rotating, is more than I can easily provide.

    I never had great grip strength, and time is not helping matters.

    Any bright ideas?

    Chris

    For things that I can't grip well enough (like the corks of fizzy wine) I
    use a pair of adjustable water pump pliers.

    Perhaps some similar kind of grip would hold the button in?

    Cheers



    Dave R



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