My old Rockwell drill press came without the table elevation rack and crank. I used it as it came for 40 years and “discussed” the thing every time an adjustment was needed. I have known all along the accessory was available, but hobby money had higher priorities. Now with the covid adventure I needed another project to keep busy with. Got to searching YouTube one afternoon and found a guys remedy for the problem. It was a modified trailer jack. I found one at HF on sale for less than $20. Following his instructions to do a couple of cuts, repositioning the pieces and welding them to new locations on the jack assembly it works even better than expected. I did change one feature. I added a salvaged, sealed roller bearing to help the crank do its thing. That and a couple of spacers, salvaged pipe, and some washers, used to center that bearing were the only additional hardware needed.
