Easy lift drill press table

[tonyfoale]

Making the weight for the Craftsman.

Firstly I calculated the volume of lead needed to give the required weight. I then cut off a length of 100mm diam steel tube to give that volume plus a bit and welded a plate to the bottom and lifting handle at the top.

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I was having a bonfire to get rid of garden waste and that was ideal for the melting. I weighed some scrap plumbing lead and added it to the pot as previous lot melted down. I waited until the fire had burnt down and then I dropped the pot into the coals, on a long pole for safety.



The old scrap lead was full of dirt, from its years of waste pipe duty, which floated to the top. I removed what I could and I sealed the rest in with a layer of resin.