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Some of my first projects were jigs and workshop aids… so I thought I'd add my top workshop projects… the second was my Drill Press Woodworking Table. This table makes for a wide worksurface and a vacuum center section that reduces the wood chips left behind. The table also has a fence with adjustable stops and T-Slots on the surface for hold downs. You don't appreciate the importance of the hold downs until you've had a work piece take off on you!

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I really like the 4 T-tracks in the table.
 

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That is nice - I would be afraid I would drill a hole in it - great job
 

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That's a sharp table. Almost too pretty to use! Do the T-tracks take standard bolts or T-bolts?
 

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nice jig and amen to the hold downs. All it takes is a little slip and you can break or severe a finger real quick on a drill press.
 

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Great looking attachment. I'd love to see how you attached it to the drill press. I really need one of those too. How about posting some dimensions for us to copy your efforts. Thanks.
 

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That's a nice drill press table!! I have a Jet drill press on order!!!
 

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Nice job on the drill press table. What model is your drill press? I need one for the new shop. Any comments on your drill press. Thanks for poisting.

God Bless
tom
 

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HEY , That's my drill press ! LOL …Great table that you've made . I have plans for 3 different ones and i can't decide which one will work best for me yet .
Have you had any issues with your DP like large Forstner bits slipping in the chuck or excessive side play / off center drilling when you extend the quill all the way down ?
 

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Some of you have asked a few questions about the Drill Press Table… the drill press is a Jet JDP-17MF Drill Press. I have not had any problems with the drill press. I had a Forstner bit slip once, but have used it many times without any problems. The table is 31" wide and 16" deep. I used plans from an issue of WOOD Magazine, with one alteration in that I wrapped the edges with 3/4" maple. It is from the June/July 2004 Issue #156, and also is in the 2006 WOOD Magazine's Best-Ever "Woodworking Jigs, Homemade Tools & Shop Organizers" (page 40 and then page 46 for the Dust Extraction). The stop blocks and hold downs are indispensable.
 

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I thought mine was nice until I saw yours. Thanks for the posting.
 
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