Drill Press Table

SirFatty…

That looks a lot better… you did it!

Question…

Looks like you’ve covered the front ends of the table 8020 strips…
How can you slide a Clamp jig into them to help hold workpieces? ... or are you planning on doing that?

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Hi Joe,

You can see in this pic that the pine doesn’t completely cover the back of the table, allowing be to slide the fence off.

Nice drill press table. I’m hoping to be starting a new one for myself soon. My old one was just thrown together to get the job done. I’ll make something more similar to your design this time.

-- Measure twice, cut once, then rout a whole bunch

Yes, I saw those were open… I pictured the same rails being used for Clamps to hold workpieces down from the front or side.

You could still do it, but, you’d have to remove the fence to do it…

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Nice table. I threw away a bunch of the extruded aluminum at work. They won’t let us bring anything home. Held my nose and tossed it in the dumpster. About 20’ and like new. Shame.

-- "Actions speak louder than words but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain

Joe, I did not think of that… I will have to work around it.

Cutworm… that does stink. Why won’t they let you have it?

Maybe you wouldn’t want to use those clamps…

... all you would need is a way to get into that track from the front…

Nice DP table!

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You could just turn the table around so the openings are in the front. Slide the fence in and then the clamps can go on or off as needed.

I have built one myself recently, very handy they are too. Does the central section of top board lift out? If not it will get cut up when the drill exits the project piece. Good job though

-- No one plans to fail, they just, just fail to plan

Nice work Sir Fatty! I like how you covered the front of the slides, it looks classy. Having the access in the back may be annoying? but it works! I like it!

Nate

-- "With a little bit of faith, and some imagination, you can build anything!" Nate

kajumkraft: True enough, but the bolt patter would bias the table too far forward.

bluekingfisher: It is removable, for the very reason you mentioned. I would have not thought of that, but I saw some samples of that here on LJs.

Hi Nate,

Thanks! I will probably put some access slots in the front… Joe pointed out my lack of foresight with my design. Every day we learn something new!

Haven’t seen you posting for a while!

-Dave

I suspect you are also going to want a short fence also. Try drilling a 1/16” diameter hole 1/8” from the edge of 1/4” stock and you’ll quickly see why.

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

Hey Greg,

Good point, I have more 8020, so I could use a 1” piece as another fence.

Thanks for the idea!

-dave

UPDATE: I can actually just lay this fence on it’s side..

SirFatty:

Do they have metal-cutting blades for a coping saw? If so, you might be able to cut just enough to get the important part through & into the slot… If not, small files might work too… that aluminum cuts easy… I have a small round file that would probably do it…

Just letting my brain wander more than normal… LOL

You’re getting some good ideas here…!

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