Interesting drillpress table lift

[Bill Dufour]

Saw this in a farm sale ad on C-list. Place is overrun with junk.
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[Randall J Cox]

I have an old Delta 15" DP that came out of HS wood shop that I restored. Great little DP! Didn't have a way to move table up and down, other than lift it. Ended up using a trailer tongue raiser mounted upside down and Ubolted to the main support post. Had to fab a bracket to fit the table, but other than that works great. Bought at HF for $19 on sale some years ago. supposedly a 1k lifting capacity. Not my original idea, saw on some woodworking site some years back. Randy

[Keith Outten]

The table raiser is nice but the XY table is a must have for me. That's why I use a Mill/Drill instead of a drill press.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

I watch this video from time to time because the Gentleman has a drill press just like mine and he reminds me of my Grandpa. His hands in particular.


https://youtu.be/gJYWUX0g6A8

[Keith Outten]

That little XY table that he is using in the video is the same one I used om my last drill press. I retired the little XY table to my storage shed when I bought my mill/drill with a power feed. The XY tables are a good solution for machining keyholes in wood and plastic materials, using a high RPM you can machine keyholes in one pass.

[Tom M King]

Here's the lift I put on one of my 1150's. I forget what brand machine it came off of. It's easier to use it for fine adjustment of depth than the otherwise good depth stop on the Powermatic.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

Here it is for those of us who have had a beer. That is a nice feature!

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[Doug Garson]

I have an old Delta 15" DP that came out of HS wood shop that I restored. Great little DP! Didn't have a way to move table up and down, other than lift it. Ended up using a trailer tongue raiser mounted upside down and Ubolted to the main support post. Had to fab a bracket to fit the table, but other than that works great. Bought at HF for $19 on sale some years ago. supposedly a 1k lifting capacity. Not my original idea, saw on some woodworking site some years back. Randy
Mind posting a picture? I'm looking for ideas for my Delta Milwaukie Homecraft Rockwell bench top drill press. I've added some counterweights but it's still awkward to raise.