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Drill Press Woodworking Table

Project by DonFaulk0517 posted 333 days ago 1797 views 8 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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!

-- DonFaulk0517@gmail.com


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sIKE

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posted 333 days ago

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

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

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Larry

194 posts in 1108 days


posted 333 days ago

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

-- "Have you hugged your pet today?" ---------- Larry

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Frostyjo

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posted 333 days ago

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

-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

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4hisglory

51 posts in 347 days


posted 333 days ago

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.

-- 3rd generation craftsman ~ www.passionforwoodworking.com

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 806 days


posted 333 days ago

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.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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matt garcia

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posted 333 days ago

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

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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ND2ELK

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posted 333 days ago

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

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Dusty56

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posted 332 days ago

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 ?

-- 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 .

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DonFaulk0517

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posted 330 days ago

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.

-- DonFaulk0517@gmail.com

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Jeffrey P.

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posted 284 days ago

nice job on the table thank you for the knowledge links..

-- Jeffrey P

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pitchnsplinters

252 posts in 335 days


posted 284 days ago

Nice.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

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