Drill Press Table

[nothing]

So, is that fence an "L" of one piece of wood, with a big rabbet cut into it, or is that two joined pieces? How did you join them?

If I were to guess, I would say two pieces, joined maybe with biscuits or loose tenon?

Unfortunately I followed the directions on the plans to the tee on this and really think it was poorly designed. The fence is 4 pieces. It's hard to explain without detailed pics, but the idea was to have a 1/2" thick face glued to 3 pieces with grooves to allow for rods to be inserted to attach extensions. The directions called for attaching the base to the face at a right angle. Then the other two pieces are placed behind it. The problem is there is nothing to hold it square so I had to face joint the fence and do some resawing to square everything up again.

If I decide to redo it I'm going to make it 3 pieces. I'll make the face 3/4 thick with grooves in the back for the extension rods and a rabbet at the bottom to help align the face to the base. Since I don't have a biscuit jointer I'd probably use pocket holes to attach the face and base. Then I'd cover the grooves in the back with a 1/2" backing and sand it flush.

If you don't want or plan on adding extensions just use a solid block or laminate to about an inch thick, cut a rabbet at the bottom and attach with biscuits, pocketholes or whatever you prefer.

Long story short, I wouldn't build the fence from the plans the same way at all.

[nothing]

If you look at the sides of the fence you can see holes where steel or aluminum rod can be added, problem is the joints shifted during the glue up and are too tight for the rods.

[Bill in Buena Park]

That's a beautiful table - well planned and executed. Great supplement to the DP, a classy and functional tool setup to be proud of.

[shoottx]

Very Very Cool

[Slik Geek]

You've convinced me that I REALLY need to build one of those for my drill press. Very nice - I suspect that you'll wonder how you ever got by without it.

You may want to consider adding a scrap piece of 3/4" plywood, attached beneath your drill press to broaden its base. This is especially important now that you have an expanded table surface. A heavy load on one side of the table might cause the drill press to tip to the side.

[dbhost]

If you look at the sides of the fence you can see holes where steel or aluminum rod can be added, problem is the joints shifted during the glue up and are too tight for the rods.

Bear with me here, I don't mean to be a pest, I am just trying to understand different ideas is all... What are the "extension rods" for?

My DP table is a basic Grizzly unit, which works fine, but I always like reviewing different ideas to solve the same problem for future reference...

[JR]

What are the "extension rods" for?

To extend a stop out beyond the end of the fence.

[nothing]

You may want to consider adding a scrap piece of 3/4" plywood, attached beneath your drill press to broaden its base. This is especially important now that you have an expanded table surface. A heavy load on one side of the table might cause the drill press to tip to the side.

That's a great point. How large do you think it needs to be?

[master53yoda]

Great table i'm in process on mine

Like the one i'm making except i'm trying to also put a spindle sander dust collector built in I'll post it if I ever get it done. the quality of workmanship is excellent.

[master53yoda]

your workmanship is excellent Looks great

You did an excellent job unlike my previous post that sounded like I did excellent work HA HA HA

[Slik Geek]

That's a great point. How large do you think it needs to be?

On my Delta drill press, the stock base is 12-1/2" wide by 20" deep. I added a plywood base which is 22" wide by 30" deep. Note that my table is still the original, which is 12" square.

Since you have such a much wider table on yours, you may want to use an even wider base than mine.

[brubakes]

Very impressive. This is one of those projects I really need to get started on.

[ironhat]

OK, I'm stealing some of your ideas whether you like it or not! LOL!! Really nice job... but, I'm still stealing your ideas!