Kirby’s Shed: 1. Drill press etc.

[RodKirby]

Rod (saw you were on), could you post pictures of your drill press table? The regular shots are a tad small. . .
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Here you go...

[Duff]

Any chance you wanna adopt a Yank and his family???

Thank you!

[OpaDC]

Just curious, do drill bits work clockwise or counter clockwise there?

[Duff]

that made me chuckle. .

[poolhound]

Rod, I am am sure its something "duh" obvious but what are the small slots perpedicular to the T slot tracks in the table?

[RodKirby]

Rod, I am am sure its something "duh" obvious but what are the small slots perpedicular to the T slot tracks in the table?

They were made to fit hold-downs before I put the t-slot tracks in. Originally, the fence was held with clamps at each edge.

BTW I've never had a need for hold-downs on the DP table

[THyman]

Rod,

Nice use of space under the DP table. I recently built the DP table as shown in SN #94. I was thinking of a way to mount additional storage space to the DP while still allowing it to be mobile (on a HTC mobile base).

What type of things do you store in the lower cabinet as it can't be drill bits as they areprominately displayed in the table and wall unit?

[LinuxRandal]

Just curious, do drill bits work clockwise or counter clockwise there?

Let's see, reversible motors and left handed drill bits.......
Sounds like a March 32nd prank.

[eccentrictinkerer]

Let's see, reversible motors and left handed drill bits.......
Sounds like a March 32nd prank.

I put a reversing switch on my drill press (reverses the field winding) when I had to tap a bunch of holes in a flywheel for my '61 Corvair. Made backing the tap out a lot faster.

I have noticed that drilling holes takes a lot longer than it used to.