Drill Press Table (pics)

[deathwish2]

Simple and elegant!

Nicely done!

I'm hoping to make my own router table . . . the more things like this I see the better ;)

[ASLNROX]

Agree 1000%.

I have been looking at rebuilding my table, great ideas there Ken! Will have to migrate a few into my shop.

Blessings,

--Mark

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[MatD]

That looks pretty nice, I think I am going to have to copy you :)
Did you run into a problem with clearence for the height adjustment handle?

Mat

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[Keystone]

Matt

I solved the height adjustment problem by not taking the table beyond the post. I wanted to go 3-4" behind the post, but then I would have run into the handle. With the fence I loose some swing, but it removes easy enough.

[Cody Colston]

Ken,

Outstanding!

Do you mind if I copy that design?

Cody

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What isn't tried won't work

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[Sonny Edmonds]

Looks Great Ken!
I like that center pusher clamp!
Great thinking on the hold down too. ;)

:D

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[Keystone]

Have at it Cody. I figure it isn't mine anyway!

I looked at the ones at Rockler first. Same thing with the bandsaw table. Figured I could spend the money elsewhere in the shop, and get some use out of the shop at the same time!

[bob_r]

Ken,

Nice design and it looks great.

I made one last year out of oak ply, but didn't put any finish on it. My granddaughter came for Christmas and set a coffee can on it. I was pretty busy Christmas with all the company and didn't notice the can for a few days. By the time I found it, I had a nice perfectly round ring on it.

Bob R

[WoodMangler]

Heya :)

Looks real well made indeed!

I made a very similar looking design, and was never able to get the clamping to work right. When I would clamp the one that pushed toward the fence, it would tilt the piece I was trying to drill off the table and it wouldn't be 90 degrees any more... In theory it should work, but in reality it only worked well when the pusher happened to end up exactly in the middle of the stock....

I'm hoping yours works better, and if you can, let me know what happens when you clamp something against the fence eh....

[Keystone]

THANK YOU MARC!

I was starting to think that my fence was messed up or something. I was playing around with it last night, and noticed the same thing. Doesn't move much, but just enough to take it out of square.

I think that for larger peices I am going to make another fence, flip it backwards, and place the stock between the two fences so it doesn't move om me. I've got a project on the list that will require a whole bunch of M&T.......