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George
 
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Default Drill Press Table Lift

Thanks Ken, looks like that attachment point would keep the thing from
binding on the column. Still would like to see a retrofit, but this will
help the back.

"Ken Vaughn" wrote in message
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how about a cable over a pulley and a counterweight?


That's what I used on my old Craftsman. I had an iron plate that was just
the right weight, so I used that -- here are a couple of photos:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65...ter_weight.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65...er_balance.jpg
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