making a proper depth stop for my cheap Chinese drill press

The original part is a plastic collar piece that easily deforms under load and thus makes setting an exact depth impossible. Also the nuts on the threaded rod make it a pain to quickly set a depth and the pointer and the scale were a joke anyway.

By chance I came across a post where the same drill press was modded albeit more professionally I admit - but the choice of material is strikingly similar :)

http://www.metallmodellbau.de/Tischbohrmaschine_verbessern.php

https://plus.google.com/+VladimirPantelic/posts/Nsc91ARHR5L