Made some improvements that actually work!
The first I pinched off the net somewhere. It consists of drilling and tapping the casting around the quill to take some bits of threaded bar- the originator of the idea used plastic, I decided on brass as softer than the steel but more stable and resistant.
There's another hidden behind the switch, each with a locknut. Just tighten enough to remove play in the quill but still allow the return spring to operate.
My next effort was an attempt to stiffen the slightly springy table, just a piece of channel welded to a piece of flat bar and held by the pivot bolt. Another success in that it certainly deflects much less under pressure.
Finally, a little, what would you call it? An extension table? Anyway, made from an axle stand, and which can be returned to its primary use by undoing two bolts.
The first I pinched off the net somewhere. It consists of drilling and tapping the casting around the quill to take some bits of threaded bar- the originator of the idea used plastic, I decided on brass as softer than the steel but more stable and resistant.
There's another hidden behind the switch, each with a locknut. Just tighten enough to remove play in the quill but still allow the return spring to operate.
My next effort was an attempt to stiffen the slightly springy table, just a piece of channel welded to a piece of flat bar and held by the pivot bolt. Another success in that it certainly deflects much less under pressure.
Finally, a little, what would you call it? An extension table? Anyway, made from an axle stand, and which can be returned to its primary use by undoing two bolts.