"stryped" wrote in message
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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?

So, do you have an extended rack for raising and lowering the table?