lift for old drill press table

Good job on this and a unique solution.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

That’s just plain COOL!!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.

That’s such a cool solution to a problem it made me look twice.
Nice work improving on an older WW machine!

Mother is the necessity of invention.

Your right the head and Table are very heavy I had looked at your project while I was restoring my drill press you did a great job. Have you thought of adding a counter weight or springs down inside the column to make it easier to operate the crank like an elevator setup?

-- Craine, Jackson, MI

Ha! great solution.

I’ve seen people with jacks under their drill press tables to solve this. First time I’ve seen the problem dealt with from the top :)

-- A woman's work is never done-but power tools help!

The crank does the job very easy. Just take up the slack on cables and unlock the table and up or down it goes. It sure saves my back.

-- PAPLOU

very interesting solution, thanks

-- Stelios L.A. Stavrinides: - I am not so rich to buy cheap tools, but... necessity is the mother of inventions !!!

I have some similar old iron and just found this in a search. This looks like the solution i was looking for.

Thanks for taking the time to post

-- Mike.... West Virginia. "Man is a tool using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.". T Carlyle

A ‘Klein’ may have sold or owned the DP – it was made by King Seeley I believe.

I have that same drill press, and have a cabinet situated under the table. I used to used a scissors jack on top of the cabinet to raise and lower the table, but now use a bottle jack—neither of which are elegant solutions to the problem…. Thanks for posting yours!