Izzy, I'm chuckling merrily. Your work is winderful...wonderful. (Of course, my pain medication may be influencing perception.) Your choice of music for the intro to this table lift is what started me chuckling. You're one of the greats. I'm reminded of my woodworking sensei Tim (the toolman) Taylor and his great instructional videos Home Improvement. He taught me to use a Binford 280zx with an inverted blue torque inverter to lower the head of the drill press to the plate, instead of raising the plate to the head. Now, when I attempted it, my cheap drill press didn't have teeth, requiring adjustments to be made by hand. Sawing teeth into the column was problematic, and I went through half a dozen hand saws before giving up.
It appears your shop made it through the hurricane in fine shape. Happy to see that 8-). Hope the family and homestead are also still in great shape! This is another excellent build idea!!! Keep up the great work.
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Could be the best instructional video I've seen on youtube. I didn't have to fast forward once. I'd like to see the video on the drill press platform you built. I have the same obscure shaped table that came with my porter cable.
This is a good idea. I was thinking of making something similar with a motor and chain running vertically with gears to the press and a reversible switch next to the other switches on the press.
Dude I would watch you butter bread... Can't wait to see more of this build. I just got done welding up a crank handle for my drillpress on ig. It didn't look this sexy at all! 👊🏻
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Ingenious system. It's a pleasure to watch your videos.
Nice idea! I am amazed that you didn't make a "shaft coupling" but welded the shaft instead. I think it would've been strong enough for that application even out of wood and would not create wobble. Easier to raise/lower for sure, thats a winner !
nice job. now with that feature you could almost turn your drill press into a lathe and use that power up and down feature to hold a chesiel and up and down the work piece. Or if you make a fixed table jig you can now make dowels.
At the bicycle shop what you call a chain union we call a master link. When i assembled my drill press I put the crank on wrong and i have to crank it backwards and left handed. Never got around to fixi g it. Making a gizmo like that gived me reason to set it right
The connection link is called a master link. Chain breaks are reasonably cheap. Motorcycle shop or bicycle shop should be able to fix you up. The good thing is they work on chain saw chain too. I think I may have a few extra ones for bicycle chain lying around if you want one.
Izzy, Glad to see you up and going again safe and sound. Hope all is well with the house and no storm damage. One question are you worried about chips effecting the chain. Do you need to put a top on to avoid that?
Just stick your pant leg inside your sock..oh wait..bicycle chain.. Yeah, a cover would be a good idea. Glad you didn't flood out Izzy.. We got rain in Columbia, but it wasn't bad. It (hurricane) sounded scarier than it was..
Great idea, does your drill press table lock down, if so, do you make another one for the other side? Must get this done for my drill press. Thanks Izzy
In the industry it's actually called a connecting link, in another life I sold power transmission products and roller chain was but one of many items we sold.
Izzy, do you have a solution to assist the long vertical rack sliding around when rotating the table around the main support shaft? I am forever having to kick the bottom end of that long rack as it twists and jams in the bottom ring when swinging the table. Love to hear it if you or anyone else has a solution.
hey just a thought, because i'm building my own. Add a dc motor i get mine out of old drills with a momentary switch or even a trigger from a salvaged drill
Better to press those bearings in- bench vise- hammering them not so good. I suspect the chain would not need to be all that tight on those axles, especially with a wood center to keep them separated. The little chain fixer dude is a Roller Chain Connector Link. I have also heard them called master links. The shaft for lifting my DP table measures .559. Not sure I could bore a bearing! But thinking Oilite bronze sleeve bearings might be easier to file out to fit over my shaft, rather then trying to file the shaft round. Also- as you attach a table, think about the tightening collar. My table is not true to the drill head until I tighten it down. Just as hard to reach as the crank to raise the table.
I was thinking that it always takes so long to crank the table up, and with your configuration perhaps a bigger sprocket in back so that your 1 rotation in front is like 1.5 in back. You'd have to be more careful in finer adjustments but I don't tend to think vertically that it's a problem. Just a thought.
That looks handy, but on my Delta 17" DP, the table doesn't quite come to level if the locking bolt is not snugged up after moving the table. Do you have any suggestions about dealing with that?
that's really cool man!! obviously you modified it for personal preference, but overall how would you rate the Porter-Cable drill press? 1-10..i ask because I was debating on getting it .thanks bro. oh and a FYI,,your link for Instagram says "it's broken" not sure if you were aware of that or not
Can you give me the part number of the bearings you purchased on Amazon and thanks for solving my issue with making the table working much easier I have the same press great job brother
as always thanks for the great ideas Izzy. I kind of cringed a little when I saw you use allthread for shaft though. Use long shoulder bolt. Way better than allthread.
would be cool to add a microcontroller and with a built-in motor, install 2 buttons to control the height and a display to display the value. would be pretty easy and cool, probability useless but cool hahah
Cool idea Izzy . Happy to see you don't have any storm damage .
Izzy, I'm chuckling merrily. Your work is winderful...wonderful. (Of course, my pain medication may be influencing perception.) Your choice of music for the intro to this table lift is what started me chuckling. You're one of the greats. I'm reminded of my woodworking sensei Tim (the toolman) Taylor and his great instructional videos Home Improvement. He taught me to use a Binford 280zx with an inverted blue torque inverter to lower the head of the drill press to the plate, instead of raising the plate to the head. Now, when I attempted it, my cheap drill press didn't have teeth, requiring adjustments to be made by hand. Sawing teeth into the column was problematic, and I went through half a dozen hand saws before giving up.
It appears your shop made it through the hurricane in fine shape. Happy to see that 8-). Hope the family and homestead are also still in great shape! This is another excellent build idea!!! Keep up the great work.
Could be the best instructional video I've seen on youtube. I didn't have to fast forward once. I'd like to see the video on the drill press platform you built. I have the same obscure shaped table that came with my porter cable.
dude are you back home after hurricane is every thing cool
I love this idea, I have to build this for my drill press. Man, you totally get where we are coming from. Great imagination! THANKS!
sweet idea and glad to see ya back in the shop...was starting to worry that ya had caught a bad blow from the hurricane
Glad you back in your shop! Hope no significand damage to the house.
About six years ago I just took the handle off my drill press and checked the shaft into a 1/2" variable/reversible drill. Works great.
That is slick and as always Drill Power Rules.
yes sir it's a master link have a blessed day
In other parts of the world it's called a split link.
just the inspiration I need, I want to raise and lower my Radial arm saw, it is essential to my work, but moving it up and down a lot is needed!!
ideas, on a Craftsman 10 inch?? ratio needed for this idea, or how to figure?? Thanks
Awesome video. I was actually looking to build this exact thing, but to attach to the outer jaw of a moxon vise.
Looks like the perfect application to use your new threaded rod tool
Shop Notes 135 has a nice DP table, with a front handle to raise it. I started to make that last year, but blanched at the cost of the gears.
This is a good idea. I was thinking of making something similar with a motor and chain running vertically with gears to the press and a reversible switch next to the other switches on the press.
What fantastic idea! I hate changing my table. Especially for one operation then take it back where it was.
Delightful, man you have some serious skills !
I love you videos and I like the way you make them
Dude I would watch you butter bread... Can't wait to see more of this build. I just got done welding up a crank handle for my drillpress on ig. It didn't look this sexy at all! 👊🏻
Ingenious system. It's a pleasure to watch your videos.
wow. i gotta build this. good stuff Iz
Now that is brilliant Izzy. Nice design and build. works Brilliant......Thumbs up.........Shared
Another killer project Izzy. Love the ingenuity.
A great tool for lifting. Like!
nice work! im looking forward to the table!
nice idea Izzy. once you are complete i might have to make one too, that little top stinks when you have a larger piece....
Great idea. What about changing the sprocket sizes for quicker adjustments?
You are a genius, Izzy!
Nice idea! I am amazed that you didn't make a "shaft coupling" but welded the shaft instead. I think it would've been strong enough for that application even out of wood and would not create wobble. Easier to raise/lower for sure, thats a winner !
nice job. now with that feature you could almost turn your drill press into a lathe and use that power up and down feature to hold a chesiel and up and down the work piece. Or if you make a fixed table jig you can now make dowels.
Interesting... looking forward to the seeing the new table idea 🤓👍🏼
At the bicycle shop what you call a chain union we call a master link. When i assembled my drill press I put the crank on wrong and i have to crank it backwards and left handed. Never got around to fixi g it. Making a gizmo like that gived me reason to set it right
Thank You, that is a great idea.
The connection link is called a master link.
Chain breaks are reasonably cheap. Motorcycle shop or bicycle shop should be able to fix you up. The good thing is they work on chain saw chain too.
I think I may have a few extra ones for bicycle chain lying around if you want one.
awesome. that has me thinking...
Good build!
Izzy back home to no storm damage? The chain union is called a master link.
Indeed sir.So did the Russian navy make it through the English Channel with out an altercation?
Funny I heard wooden kayaks no less.
master link..... great idea btw
izzy cool job - it is called a master link .
Cool build alot slimmer than mine. incidentally that chain link thingy is called a 'Master Link'.
works great!
Izzy, Glad to see you up and going again safe and sound. Hope all is well with the house and no storm damage. One question are you worried about chips effecting the chain. Do you need to put a top on to avoid that?
Just stick your pant leg inside your sock..oh wait..bicycle chain.. Yeah, a cover would be a good idea.
Glad you didn't flood out Izzy.. We got rain in Columbia, but it wasn't bad. It (hurricane) sounded scarier than it was..
welcome back man
That has router lift potential. love u always thinking out of the box
That was awesome!
How did the evacuation go? Did charleston survive ok?
another cool idea Izzy, i would love to know what goes on in your head to come up with these ideas! :)
It seems you fared well during the storm.
Very cool!
you have every other tool hell you even make them and you dont have a chain link puller!!! im amazed haha
TheMathedis it called s chain brake.
hope you're all home safely.
this is great!
Like the idea!
What about using a larger gear on one side with just a hand crank instead of the drill? Curious what that would do.
Great idea, does your drill press table lock down, if so, do you make another one for the other side? Must get this done for my drill press. Thanks Izzy
It's called the master link
Chris young you beat me to it!
+Randy Gebhart decades of maintaining motorcycles.
me too, lol
In the industry it's actually called a connecting link, in another life I sold power transmission products and roller chain was but one of many items we sold.
If I'm ever marooned on an island I hope that you are on the same island 😀, only thing is I'll pick the colour lol 👍🏻
Izzy, do you have a solution to assist the long vertical rack sliding around when rotating the table around the main support shaft? I am forever having to kick the bottom end of that long rack as it twists and jams in the bottom ring when swinging the table. Love to hear it if you or anyone else has a solution.
hey just a thought, because i'm building my own. Add a dc motor i get mine out of old drills with a momentary switch or even a trigger from a salvaged drill
Better to press those bearings in- bench vise- hammering them not so good. I suspect the chain would not need to be all that tight on those axles, especially with a wood center to keep them separated. The little chain fixer dude is a Roller Chain Connector Link. I have also heard them called master links. The shaft for lifting my DP table measures .559. Not sure I could bore a bearing! But thinking Oilite bronze sleeve bearings might be easier to file out to fit over my shaft, rather then trying to file the shaft round. Also- as you attach a table, think about the tightening collar. My table is not true to the drill head until I tighten it down. Just as hard to reach as the crank to raise the table.
I wonder if you can put a tensioner with or w/o a spring so you can extend the length.
great video! FYI - the "chain union" is called a master link
I was thinking that it always takes so long to crank the table up, and with your configuration perhaps a bigger sprocket in back so that your 1 rotation in front is like 1.5 in back. You'd have to be more careful in finer adjustments but I don't tend to think vertically that it's a problem. Just a thought.
I need one of those!
very nice
Great idea. Can't wait for the final build. Would this work for a router lift also?
That looks handy, but on my Delta 17" DP, the table doesn't quite come to level if the locking bolt is not snugged up after moving the table. Do you have any suggestions about dealing with that?
Earliness! :D Don't think I've ever leapt so fast on an Izzy Swan video :P
It is very plasent to watch your video I am looking forward to install on my buffalo large drill press.
Good idea.
that's really cool man!! obviously you modified it for personal preference, but overall how would you rate the Porter-Cable drill press? 1-10..i ask because I was debating on getting it .thanks bro.
oh and a FYI,,your link for Instagram says "it's broken" not sure if you were aware of that or not
Nice!
@izzyswan where can i get one of those shirts?
Where did you get the hand wheel? I could use a couple of those.
Nice.
We're not worthy, We're not worthy, We're not worthy... Awesome idea, maybe fast cap can make then a little cheaper than Amazon supplier...
where can i buy a replacement drill press table, the cast iron kind. the WEN ones suck, and what i have. or how can i make a steel one
awesome!
Can you give me the part number of the bearings you purchased on Amazon and thanks for solving my issue with making the table working much easier I have the same press great job brother
thats great!
i need one of those and i also need a drill press 😆
cool
Nice bit of ingenuity Izzy. would you consider a sticker swap with me?
What type is the green mechanical pencil are you using? Right about the 3 min mark...maybe 3:20 ....
Izzy clever? Yes he is.
the chain joiner big is called a split link
I think most of us wood workers love amazon too ;)
seria mais fácil adaptar no lugar da alavanca de movimentação da mesa, uma porca destacada e usar a parafusadeira ali direto no eixo.
How do you keep the table from going side to side?
I would have thought you would have used (modified if necessary) you own drill powered wrench that you designed.
as always thanks for the great ideas Izzy. I kind of cringed a little when I saw you use allthread for shaft though. Use long shoulder bolt. Way better than allthread.
New Table-saw?
si agrandas el piñón de la parte frontal el movimiento podría ser mucho más rápido.
I need one of those for the toilet seat, tired of getting yelled at all the time.
chain joined, chain breaker and grub screws
would be cool to add a microcontroller and with a built-in motor, install 2 buttons to control the height and a display to display the value. would be pretty easy and cool, probability useless but cool hahah
The chain union is called a master link.
A drill powered drill press :-)
you should close it up to protect it from dust and grime
Master link