Proper way of drawing a lot of current from a 12v Battery
The first motor has a gearbox reducing it's speed to 35 RPM and increasing it's torque. The table crank mechanism has it's own gearbox to reduce the effort required to raise the table. That's the reason for the slow speed.

The same applies to the drill gun. The speed meant for screw tightening (0-350 rpm), makes the operation faster than with the earlier motor.

The advantage of the lowering the speed is the increase in torque.

The relationship (HP = 2πNT/4500) shows that, at a specified power, it's always a trade-off between speed and torque.                                

The torque at the input of the crank mechanism could be measured using a torque wrench. The required RPM could also be estimated. A mains-operated AC motor with a matching gear box could then be selected. That way the high running/stall currents and failure modes of DC motors and batteries may be avoided.