On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:10:45 -0800 (PST), stryped
wrote:

I am thinking of concerting my table top drill press into a floor press by replacing the round column with a taller one. I can get a pipe that is close to the same size in stainless, but I would need to somehow turn the ends down where they fit into the top and base approximately .001 to .002.

Any ideas on how this could be done without a lathe?
Use a reamer instead, on the top and bottom fittings? Or freeze the
tube and heat the top and bottom and just shrink fit?