Shop Improvements #2: Drill Press Table

very nice, i just start making tops and jigs for my tools, will keep this one in mind.

-- Jeff, Missouri ,"Just because your not bleeding, dont mean your turning safely!"..............http://www.4woodturning.com

Very nice. My drill press terribly needs an upgraded table. Thanks for the ideas.

-- Daniel - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/

Great job! I also have the ShopMaster DP. I made a small plywood table and fence, which is OK for lots of things, but your Wood magazine version seems much more useful.

-- Jim, 06812

Very nice table. I need to build one of these. What was the final cost of the hardware from Schlabaugh?

-- Big John's Woodshed - Farmington, IL

Jim;

This is a very well done table and should be a big asset to your shop.

I am curious about you drill press support. I bought same one at Woodcraft and the rollers are not level with the table on my Ridgid floor drill press. My DP table is dead on with the DP quill but the support rollers, on both sides, are off by several degrees. Did you experience this? I may have just got a bad one.

Thanks!

-- Rick Gustafson - Lost Creek Ranch - Colorado County, Texas

Nice table. Those roller extensions must come in handy also.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Great looking drill press table. you did an excellent job building it.The rollers are also very useful.

I have a drill press table and can’t tell you how very many times it has come in so very handy. I bought some adjustable roller extensions that clamp on to my work table next to the drill press. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10537&filter=roller

I Bought them (luckily on sale at the time) when I needed to use forstmer bits for a bumch of large holes on a 12 foot long board.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

Nice Table !!

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Very nicely done !!

-- -- Neil

Thanks for looking, everyone.

John, the hardware kit cost about $75, including shipping. (It’s item # ADP-1 at Schlabaugh.) I priced a few things in the kit, and I might have saved $10 or $15, but I would have been driving to Home Depot and ordering things from multiple websites. For example, the plans use about 85 or 90 inches of t-track. Grizzly sells 4 foot lengths for $15.99 (that’s the best deal I found among Grizzly, Rockler, and Woodcraft), so there’s $32 plus shipping right there.

Viking, my roller supports are crooked also. I have some luck pushing them into a level position, but they slip back to crooked after a while. It’s better than nothing, I guess.

I made the same one for my drill press and it works great i also added a vac atachment so if i want to use my drill as a spindle sander. very nice work yours came out great!

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

Look really well designed, thanks for sharing.

-- Aaron - central California "If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?"

Very nice. Looks heavy duty.

-- Bud, Central Square, NY, http://thepostnbeam.blogspot.com/

nice table

-- Kelly -- Common Sense, Isn't Common to Everyone. - Me