Drill Press Stand

Very cool. Lots of storage. Thanks for posting it.

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Thanks for posting Mike! I have a small drill press and I keep trying to decide where to set it up. I tend to move it around from my basement to my garage. Right now I plop it on top of my MFT and clamp it down. I like your stand. I have seen stands like this in the WW mags. The one question I always have is, is it top heavy, or is there enough mass in the cabinet?

Thanks.

-- John

This is a very nice storage area for bits and more I bet. Nice piece of work Mike. Thanks for sharing.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Very nice!! I was looking for an idea to build one for my DP and this is perfect. Thank you.

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Well executed! Great idea with the drawers. I’m always losing bits and stuff!

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wow.. look at all that storage!!
NICE

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Nice, plenty of storage!

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@woodspar – it is borderline top heavy, but I don’t feel it is dangerous top-heavy… if I had it to do over, I would make it a bit wider but not worried about it enough to mess with it now…the width of the drawer kinda drove the width. maybe add another bank or put in a “tall” shelf storage to the R or L?

-- Mike - Columbus, Ohio

Thanks Mike. I will be creating something along these lines soon – I have to get the DP off of the floor. Thanks for the info!

-- John

Nice design. Functional. I have a very similar shaped stand for my benchtop drill press. I had the top-heavy issue as well. I added casters on one side that only touch the floor if the stand is slightly tilted. I built a handle on the opposite side to easily tilt it so that it engages the casters. This helped as it added a tiny amount of width. The big difference for me was adding weight to the bottom. I poured leveling sand in the bottom of the drill press. This adds about forty pounds according to the sands packaging. I also had a couple huge and heavy paver stones that had broken. I broke them smaller and put it on top the sand. From there you could add a board to hide the weight.

-- Jeff, South Carolina