Geared Drill Press Table - aftermarket options?

[Bill Dufour]

That looks good. Why two sheaves?
Bill D.

[Rick Potter]

Nice job, Mike.

[Bert McMahan]

If you search eBay for "Linear Actuator" there are a ton of 12V ones in various sizes. You'd need a pretty solid power supply but nothing super expensive.

[Mike Delyster]

That looks good. Why two sheaves?
Bill D.

The spacing of the two sheaves worked out right to be in the center of the column and the unused hole going through the bottom of the belt guard. It just worked out that way once I gathered up the parts, not really planed at all. I got the idea off the internet. That setup had the cable going out the side of the guard and the weight hanging down beside the drill press.
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I had two machines almost identical at the time. I added the counterweight to both of them. I notice I have pictures of both posted here. I set the table bottomed out on the base and the weight right to the top. That set up ended up with the weight hitting the bottom when the table is about 3” from the bottom of the chuck. With a floor model you would have lots of room.