I might be missing something, but I don't see any mechanism for tilting the table. I looked at the video and the only thing it shows in the spindle spinning for 40 seconds. No shots of the variable speed, table or anything else. Just the empty spindle spinning.
Of the 2 non American made machines in my shop 1 is a Jet JDP-125VS3 drill press. It's nearly identical to the Rockwell for sale here. Mine came from a shop that was closing. It has a 1 1/2 hp, 2 speed motor for drilling and taping. Originally it would auto feed on high speed to drill to whatever depth you preset it to, slow to the lower speed for tapping to a second preset depth, reverse and retract.
The motor speed change and auto reverse features weren't working when I purchased it. In the interim I've simplified the controls to forward and reverse, and use the variable sheaves to adjust speed. I saved all the original controls and will return it to original when time allows.
Attached are 2 pictures of my machine as it exists today, and 1 picture in it's original state. I think I paid less than 10% of the asking price of the Rockwell.
