Shop Press upgrades

pineyfolks, care to elaborate on your table winch? I have been thinking about adding that upgrade to mine but I haven't really figured out how to do it yet. As I've noted mines stuffed into a tiny corner of my tiny shop and I have a bear of a time moving that table up and down. A winch upgrade would be great.

The winch is mounted to one side and uses a single cable over 2 pulleys on top to the other side. Its not the smoothest movement, it see-saws a little when using it. Still much better than lifting. I going to add a roller to the table to fix that someday. You could add cables, pulleys, and counter weights to each side to balance the table. Making it weigh 10 lbs. or so, then you could move it with one hand.
 
My first upgrade suggestion is to get rid of the cast plates. Call your local metal supplier and get 3/4 or 1" CRS bar. Two 3/4x3x12 and two 1x4x12 cost me about $40 including the cuts.
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Here's one I upgraded from a pile of channel Iron a few years ago. It uses either a 12 to or a 20 ton jack.

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Great Mark! That's the point of this thread! To get it all in one place! Posting your link here works just as well. Maybe better to have separate threads and post the links here like you did.

Bernie
 
On my shop built press I have pins that pass through the uprights and also the moveable table. As I made the holes a fairly close fit this requires a bit of twisting action to install and remove the pins, so I made a couple of handles so I wouldnt need to keep tapping them in and out with a hammer.
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1st up make a couple of wood patternsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThe ends of the pins have a groove so that should stop the handles from pulling off

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One worked okxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx but the other was misaligned or moved during the pour or something

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Cleaned up and ready to use xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIn place, works a treat. I did leave a small protusion to hammer on if required

Now just back to the sandbox to make the other one again.

Cheers Phil

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Well #3 worked a treat. Looks better than the 1st one
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No sand inclusions this time, nice and straight too Much easier to push and pull into place now :)

Cheers Phil

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