Vintage benchtop drill presses are a wonderful thing, until you have to move the table. In this video, Ben Strano has a simple fix for his that added some always-welcome storage.
I've had several of the vintage Delta drill presses and never found moving the tables too difficult. In fact there are so many parts out there for those dp220 presses, it almost hurts me to see it without a proper table, column, and base.
I have a great old drill press. No cranky, cranky either. Royal PITA to raise the table, lock collars, wrenches.....yuck. Down is super easy but up will cause some grunting and swearing. Great idea Ben. I had used a couple milk crates and a car scissor jack for a while but it was just as much a PITA, just in different ways. Mines a floor model but I really only move mine up and down a couple inches. This will get repeated in Wisconsin.
I have a drill press with the adjustment lever on the side, and even that is a pain in the butt sometimes. What I did was get one of those gater grip sockets (it has pins in the socket to adjust to any sized bolt), removed the handle, and placed the socket on the shaft. Now I can use my drill to raise and lower the table super fast.
I have a drill press with a crank, but to me, your table is not stupid! I can crank my table up/down, but getting it to lock securely on the column is another story. Once I get it locked in place, I try not to mess with it, so I have essentially the same problem you had with your drill press. Good idea!
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Never seen anything like it! Pretty clever solution to the lack of easy table height adjustment.
I've had several of the vintage Delta drill presses and never found moving the tables too difficult. In fact there are so many parts out there for those dp220 presses, it almost hurts me to see it without a proper table, column, and base.
I have a great old drill press. No cranky, cranky either. Royal PITA to raise the table, lock collars, wrenches.....yuck. Down is super easy but up will cause some grunting and swearing. Great idea Ben. I had used a couple milk crates and a car scissor jack for a while but it was just as much a PITA, just in different ways. Mines a floor model but I really only move mine up and down a couple inches. This will get repeated in Wisconsin.
About @2:20, neat little trick to move the fence outward a specific, repeatable amount.
Unloosen is like unthaw. It sounds opposite of what we are doing……
Envious of the 3d printed tool storage & organization doodads!
Nice solution.
6:22 So are you using your drill press to scramble eggs?
The girls have been busy!
Great idea.
Would love to see more videos like this!
Now i gotta make one
Excellent idea! I will be making one for sure!
I have a drill press with the adjustment lever on the side, and even that is a pain in the butt sometimes. What I did was get one of those gater grip sockets (it has pins in the socket to adjust to any sized bolt), removed the handle, and placed the socket on the shaft. Now I can use my drill to raise and lower the table super fast.
I have a drill press with a crank, but to me, your table is not stupid! I can crank my table up/down, but getting it to lock securely on the column is another story. Once I get it locked in place, I try not to mess with it, so I have essentially the same problem you had with your drill press. Good idea!
It’s pretty brilliant and lots of ways to tweak for our own situation. I’m going to pretend that’s a Croatian soccer shirt under the hoodie!
Looks like it would still be helpful for drill presses with adjustable tables. Nice!
Pretty sweet Ben 👍
Cool! great solution, really like the simplicity and utilization of scrap - Thanks!
Super innovative solution. I have the same model drill press and struggle with table adjustment. This may be just what the Dr ordered.