Work(shop) in Progress #5: Drill Press Table

Nice Table!

Really like the vertical component and the hold down system.

Had the same knuckle buster problem with my table until I saw a post here on LJ’s on how to make a handle extender. Fixed me up.

Nice touch Sharon!

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

Cool !
Over head rooter. or Milling cutter.

-- Mujo , Tokyo JAPAN , http://kailasa.blog99.fc2.com/

Thanks for the comments.

lew – the hold down jig was just something I threw together for a specific project, and is kinda flimsy – but thanks for the warm words (I really should take it apart and make a better/universal one instead). I didnt think about a handle extension for the table crank handle, but I’m very satisfied with my solution, so no need to change it.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Looks great Purple Lev! I have wanted a full size DP for quite a while and this doesn’t help! :)

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

sIKE- no it doesn’t ;o)

BUT – you can make a similar table for a benchtop DP as well…

I sometimes wish I had a benchtop model…lol , this one takes a lot of room, and has a lot of wasted space under the table most of the time.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I like your table design and features . I’ve seen so many different ideas as far as making one of these , but I can’t decide which way to build one of my own yet . What do you secure your stock with in the 90 degree position , just regular clamps , or do you have t-tracks out of site in the picture ?

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Good drill press table looks like it does a good job.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Dusty – thanks.

for the vertical platform of the table – I will add another T-track and the fence will eventually be mitered downwards to follow that platform to have a more stable reference guide. It was late, and I was getting lazy… so for now I do just clamp it with regular clamps and butt it against the horizontal fence – it works well, and I don’t bore vertical that often that I’m inclined to complete the missing T-track at the moment, so it’s on the back burner- but thats the general idea. if youre ever in the eastern MA area, you can drop by, I can give you a few sheets of masonite for table/jig tops/surfaces.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Thank you for the feedback . I was just out in Tewksbury and Salem,NH last weekend.(two hour drive from my place on the Pike and up 495 , etc..) I went to the Rockler store in Salem…WOW what a great store AND no MA taxes to pay !! The Danvers Rockler has closed its doors , so I would have to go to Cambridge instead , which I was warned against doing due to the traffic , etc.. Salem is less than a half hour drive to my friends’ house in Tewksbury.
Rockler had a bunch of in-store only specials last weekend , plus I had a 15% off coupon with me .Let’s just say that the trip was worthwhile : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

and you didn’t stop by to pick me up?!?

I like the Cambridge store- ALL the guys working there are top notch friendly and helpfull – always! period! I live 2 blocks from ‘another’ woodworking store, but if I have a choice – I’d drive into cambridge with traffic and parking just because I know I’ll get good service and advice there should I need it. but might be different for you. glad you had a good trip. def. the NH no taxes is a nice cherry on top.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.