Drill Press Table Mod's

Hold on, I just added the t-track to my sled, and I only had 8 feet. I can only do so much.

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and the light bulb appears over my head

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Were do you get the sail track ?

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Don: I can’t tell in the picture but is the left and right fence attached together or do they move separately.

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Quote Dick: Were do you get the sail track ?

Dick, in Melbourne there is an aluminum supplier that sells Aluminum in all shapes and zizes. I bet if you do a Google search in your area you will find something similar. As a matter of fact, the drawing in my post is from here in the US.

Quote Karson: I can’t tell in the picture but is the left and right fence attached together or do they move separately.

Karson the MDF fence is bolted to a right angle piece of aluminum for rigidity and to maintain the 90 degree angle. I’ll take a phot of it and post it later so you can see it more clearly. This runs the full width of the fence and makes it one piece. I cut down the MDF to allow for the chuck.

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Dick,
If you’re talking about the T-track you can get it from Rockler

Most of these woodworking links are on my site

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Karson, here’s the picture that I promised previously with some detail of the fence showing more clearly. This shot is from the rear of the table and shows the aluminum angle bolted to the MDF fence. Note the cut-out to fit both the drill chuck and the vertical drill-press post. The post cut-out allows you to move the fence right back.

Obi, the T-Track extrusions that are purpose designed for these kinds of jigs are very costly compared to aluminum sail track. I can purchase a 4 meter (13’) length for US$8.54. Try and beat that.

The two inner tracks (not being used in these pictures) are for hold-downs.

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Don – you are brilliant. I love your creative mind.

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this came up in “the shuffle” and I’m glad to have found it. We now have a drill press and when I used it the other day to make holes in the drawers I was making I had a hard time making sure that the locations matched in each one. This really would have helped me.

Onto the ” to do list” it goes!
Thanks Don.

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the latest Busy Bee Tools flyer came in the mail yesterday and it has a Drill Press Table on sale for $35 Can.

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Another great post comes up in pulse.

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Don, that is a spectacularly made table and fence. Were you able to make if for under the $99 that Woodpeckers’ sells for? Why did you feel the needed four “T” tracks instead of two?

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Rockler currently has 4' T Track kits on sale for $10.99. Order off of the internet or print the ads and take them into your local store.

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Mark, firstly, you have to remember that the Australian dollar is only worth $.83 at best (when I made this table the AUD was only US$73.00). Thant means that a US$99.00 translated to approximately AU$136.00. Add to that international delivery charges which usually amount to the cost of the item, and conceivably, I could be looking at AU$276.00.

So It becomes obvious why I make my own jigs where feasible. This one cost me about AU$35.00

As for the four tracks; the two center tracks are for hold-downs, the two outside tracks are for the fence adjustment.

Hope this helps.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Dick -

Thank goodness for Shuffle! Somehow I missed this little gem – I am glad it is circulating again. I need to build something similar so this is very timely. How is your table attached to the drill press table?

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David, here are a couple of pictures that will show you how I attached the drill press table to the original table. It clearly show just how much more table surface this provides.

You will see that I cut out a piece of MDF with a circle profile so that the table would remain centered in position.

This next one shows a piece of MDF which 'traps' the metal table. I used two home-made 'wing-nuts' threaded onto the bolts shown in the previous picture. This keeps the table secure. (The wing nuts, made from scrap Pine, have nuts embedded in them, into which the bolts thread.)

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That is real cool Don. Makes it real easy to get off.

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Yes, Wayne, that was the original idea. However, I’ve never taken it off, so I guess that shows that the modification is a success.

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I guess you would need to do some metal work or something to need to take it off. I picked up a Rockler Table a while back. The kids promptly tore out the t-track clamping something down. So not exactly an endorcement for Rockler. Going to glue it in when I get a chance.

Yours looks great.

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