Drill Press Table

Dodeka made a similar table and made some holddowns I thought were really quite nice. Dodeka shared the scaled pattern in the link below.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/30083

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David, Dodeka’s hold downs look like a great solution. Thanks.

-- socrbent Ohio

Very nice, thanks for sharing

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Looks nice.

I bought the drill press table from harbor freight with the intention of building one if I used it alot. I make use of the drill press alot more with the table.

One question, my handle to lower and raise the table is obstructed by the table. Have you found a way around this. I am thinking some kind of extension.

This is a nice DP table and it will save you a lot of time. Congratulations.

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Very nice, great job!! On my to do list.

-- Jack, Albuquerque

It looks too nice to be used in a shop…especially a shop like mine (garage). :-)

Looks really nice! Might just need to copy your ideas. I think I would probably use a couple of hole saws to make a shouldered sacrificial plate area on the table though. I’ll keep watching for other ideas also.

That is way too nice for a drill press table. You need to splatter some paint on there, and hit it a few times with a ball peen hammer. :-)

If I made something that nice to drill on, the rest of my tools would leave in protest. <g>

Seriously, really, really nice looking table. You will probably get hives the first time you get sawdust on it.

-- -- Don from PA

Nice addition to the drill press, looks like I need to update mine with a few T tracks.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Thanks for complements. It does look a lot better than the rest of the stuff in my shop. Hope that won’t keep me from using it as needed.

PaulHWood – I also notice that the table lock handle and raise handle are much more awkward to access now. Haven’t used it enough yet to decide if a fix is needed.

-- socrbent Ohio

I was using a tall fence like this on my drill press table but frequently found it getting in the way of the chuck. I switched to a very short fence.

My drill press table has T tracks spaced about like yours. I find it difficult to clamp small parts – it is a long reach for a clamp to over where the drill bit is, and small parts are tougher to control without clamping than larger parts, IMHO.

I hope my next version of the drill press table looks as good as yours!

-- Greg D. -- the price of freedom is tolerance

thats a great looking table it adds a lot to a press .i made about the same thing got it from steve also you’ll love it heres a link to some knobs .

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/45377

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eddie – your knobs are a great solution that saves lots of money.

-- socrbent Ohio

grads on making the top three, .it inspired me to do mine which i should have done done so thanks again

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