"mac davis" wrote in message
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On 23 Jun 2006 08:43:45 -0700, "kcleere" wrote:

Not motorized, but Ken has a counter weight on his DP.. might be worth a
look..

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/drillpress.html

He also used a trailer jack... interesting idea!

I counter balaced with cable, pulleys and a heavy rubber bungee. The cable
attaches to the back of the table; goes up to a pulley attached to the drill
press head and down toward the base. I attached the big bungee between the
base and the cable. It helps a lot to keep the post of your drill press
clean and lubricated.

This works fairly well but still causes a little wrestling at the upper-most
travel. I was also intrigued by the boat trailer jack mentioned in the
referenced web site and might try that some day.

RonB