Bottle jack table lift

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:23 am

Well, I gave up on the jack idea! Just didn't fit my bill. I am using wood a block(s) for support of the carriage. As long as the way tubes stay well waxed, I can lift the headstock fairly easily. Couldn't continue to think about additional metal gadgets that would just serve to complicate a setup.

jgrounds · Post by **jgrounds** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:14 am

Maybe someone can go with this idea. I toyed with using a removable winch attached to the SS tiebar but have never come up with a good way to attach the lift cable to the headstock. I may get back to the idea.

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fixit · Post by **fixit** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:05 pm

Thanks Tim.

I may need to buy one of their jacks to replace the current one once I determine where it was made. Got it as a gift and never bothered to check. If it wasn't made here I'll buy one from these folks just to have a US made product.

Then maybe I can find someone who I can give the old one to rather than throw it away.

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:48 pm

charlese wrote: My mind is now thinking of a way to make wooden screws that will serve as a jack. Hmmmm!

Do you have the SS joiner? Your wooden screw idea got me thinking of a wedge type adjustment like the joiner table height method.
Say two wood blocks both with one wedge face, mounted wedge to wedge, wooden screw horizontally captive in one block, other block tapped, with the whole mess positioned parallel to the way tubes making the screw easily accessed at the end. Depending on the slope of the wedge one could make the adjustment as finicky as one could want.
(or two wedges and a bar clamp)

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:04 am

I saw this thread and thought the bottle jack was a great idea. I have a 2 ton hydraulic jack that I used previously for other things. Just a bit of overkill, but just the same, placed on 1/4 inch ply on the table and a scrap block of wood on top permit me to make very small changes to the power head height in the upright position. Still, I find it just as easy with the power riser to drop the way bars to horizontal make the adjustment, then lift it back to vertical.
But the jack is a good idea.

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:08 am

How is this for a KISS approach...

http://www.bosstoolsupply.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=6293
An easy to adapt concept with few moving parts.
A fair sized cam should also work well.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:06 pm

I have toyed with the idea of a bottle jack or a "small" screw jack but after giving it some thought and doing a little bit of experimenting - "it seems like overkill".

I agree that from time to time there is a need for additional support for the main table (when in the drill press mode"). But, I think that support can easily be provided using cutoffs.

If an adjustable support is needed, well, that will take more thought.

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