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Drill press table for a Delta bench top drill press.
I built this as an interruption to finishing out the cabinet portion of the Incra router table. I discovered that I needed some very precise drilling for the router bit drawers. I plan to use an indexing system to drill these holes; much like that used to create box joints on a table saw except replacing the indexing piece with a dowel.
Anyway, this began with 3/4 ply cut to the exact dimension of the stock cast iron table. I wrapped this in maple and notched out a piece for the handle to raise/lower the table (see image 2). It’s connected and removable via the bolts and T-knobs.
I then cut out another piece of 3/4 ply for the new table, covered it in high-density fiberboard (hardboard), and then wrapped everything in maple. The base is glued to the larger table on top. It’s nice to be able to slide it over and around the original table this way.
Next I routed and chiseled out the space for the replaceable 1/2 inch mdf blank. However, to beef up the perimeter of this space I outlined it in maple also. There’s another hole underneath the replaceable blank so that it can be popped out from underneath.
The fence is the same 3/4 ply which includes some mdf cores for stability. It’s wrapped in maple also and connected as shown.
I can’t say enough about the ability to drill with precision and repeatability as a function of the incra t-track plus and hold downs.
Now I can add the router bit inserts to finish out that Incra router table cabinet enclosure.
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Angela
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#1 posted 845 days ago
Very nice. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the links.
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ray vile
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#2 posted 845 days ago
really nice. I’m in the process of making a drill press table. yours gave me a couple of good ideas.
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tyka
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#3 posted 845 days ago
Super design and workmanship. Your timing is dead-on. I’m starting mine today. I have other examples but your’s is special indeed. I like how you extended the tracks beyond the table at the back. I would have missed that. Can you give us your dimensions, width & lenght? Excellent description BTW. Thanks for sharing.
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#4 posted 845 days ago
Very nice table and build description : )
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Tucker
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#5 posted 845 days ago
Tyka, the dimensions:
Fence is 24” to match the Incra t-track plus. It’s 3” in height, and the depth is the thickness of 2 pieces of 3/4” ply laminated. So, approximately 1.5” The fence has 3/4” hard maple on the top, bottom, and sides. Therefore, the plywood portion is only the middle.
Tabletop is 22” wide and 13” deep. The fence extends one inch on either side. The t-tracks in the back of the top extend an inch beyond the depth. The thickness of the top is that same 3/4” ply topped with the 1/4” hardboard.
The base assembly matches the dimension of the table that came with the drill press.
Blank for the drill plate insert is 4” wide. The maple defining the insert area is 1/2” wide and 1/2” deep. The blank is then 3” square. I considered created the blank in an offset posiition so that as you drill you’re actually drilling in the back of the center. This way the blank can be rotated to be reused. However, it’s 1/2 mdf. It takes less than a minute to create a new one.
The only implementation I’ve yet to use for this table is to install a removable drawer slide that slides from the bottom of the table to hold the blanks and the keychuck and some commonly used bits. It would be very small. I couldn’t use a standard drawer slide there as it would block the t-knobs holding the table to the machine. That’s why I’d use the box without a top to slide into the bottom with some cleats of some sort.
Thanks for your comments. Glad this gives some good ideas. It really is a pleasure to use.
tyka
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#6 posted 844 days ago
Thank you so much for all the details. I’m off to the shop to build one. Thanks again for sharing.
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Roger
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#7 posted 844 days ago
real nice table. very versitle. nice features
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#8 posted 843 days ago
Your post was very timely. I was just in the process of designing a new table for my drill press. I’ll have to study this carefully. Looks vert well done and thought ou.
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D11RDozer
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#9 posted 663 days ago
Looks great. I hope to build one in the near future as well. Thanks for sharing.
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