drill press bench and table

Super job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Thanks Jim. I have noticed you post a lot of positive feedback on here. Please know that it is noticed. Also, your work is amazing. If someday I have 3/8ths of your talent Id be happy.

-- The Box Whisperer

great looking table,thanks for sharing!!!

-- It don't have to be straight,it's just a suggestion!!!

I love how you’ve got that built into the bench to keep the assembly area. Very slick.

-- Alex, Los Angeles

Thanks SouthHollow, I really cant afford to lose the space, and the insert piece pulls right out if I need to move the drill. I ran out of ply, but next time I have a piece Ill cut a longer hole so that I have the space behind the drill press as well.

-- The Box Whisperer

Looks great, something that has been on my list for a while! Did that drill press have a crank with a handle to move the old metal table up and down? When thinking about my table design I keep getting stuck on that, because when I need to crank the handle it needs clearance right where my table would be….. Did you run into this problem?

Brandon, I was worried abotu this too, but it seems the good folks at Ryobi thought of it. The crank handle on my press is offset towards the back. It would only interfere with the table if the table was built past the supporting pipe/column if that makes sense. I built my table flush with the back of the existing metal table. I lose a little in size but I need to be able to crank the arm….

-- The Box Whisperer

Very good upgrade on the drill press. Should make projecting easier. I added space to my wee metal table by adding a piece of 3/4” plywood. May have to go back and add some of the bells and whistles like you did someday. Nice work!!!

-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)

Thanks very much, even if I had to buy more of the stuff for it you coudl always make your own t-track. for me if I could only have one feature it would be the self squaring fence.

-- The Box Whisperer

Real nice solution to the smaller table. I too like the extra bench area. I have mine set up so the mitersaw can have a board extending under it in order to save some space. I got a new miter saw recently and have to build wings for it. Thanks for the reminder. Would be very good to do this weekend as I am working on cleaning up the shop.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Nice Job. This will definitely make your work easier and more enjoyable.

-- SeeWhatISaw

Nice job. I need to make one of these.

-- Cliff. Proverbs 16:9

It does look very nice and neat. The flat workspace below is nice to have… One of those “why didn’t I think of that” things that I’ll now have to do for mine.

I want to know what’s with the “self-squaring fence”? Table saw and band saw I understand, but the drill press is like a router table in that the distance from fence to bit is whatever you set it to be and does not need to be squared to anything… holes in a line are referenced from the fence and so are spaced holes by using a system of stops on the fence… or am I missing something?

-- Spence in Skokie, IL

Sawtooth, I dont know, maybe its just a thing stuck in my head. My first fence was on my table saw, so obviously that had to be square. For my router table, I know everyone says it does not matter, but I use and incra jig to do dovetails, and the guide I believe says to keep the fence square for sliding and cornerpost dovetails. This got me into the habit. Like I say, maybe its habit from the incra or maybe its just something stuck in my head but whenever I set up a fence I square it. This way I wont have to. If this is a complete waste of my time then hopefully Ill be able to get over it someday.

-- The Box Whisperer

Box, As long as you have a fence that works, nobody can call it a “complete waste of time”. And I won’t be surprised if someone comes along to explain some circumstances where the squared fence is a requirement.

-- Spence in Skokie, IL