Project by DonFaulk0517 | posted 12-28-2008 10:35 PM | 5806 views | 18 times favorited | 14 comments | ![]() |
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Some of my first projects were jigs and workshop aids… so I thought I’d add my top workshop projects… the second was my Drill Press Woodworking Table. This table makes for a wide worksurface and a vacuum center section that reduces the wood chips left behind. The table also has a fence with adjustable stops and T-Slots on the surface for hold downs. You don’t appreciate the importance of the hold downs until you’ve had a work piece take off on you!
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sIKE
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#1 posted 12-28-2008 10:44 PM
I really like the 4 T-tracks in the table.
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Larry
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#2 posted 12-28-2008 10:56 PM
That is nice – I would be afraid I would drill a hole in it – great job
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Frostyjo
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#3 posted 12-28-2008 10:58 PM
That’s a sharp table. Almost too pretty to use! Do the T-tracks take standard bolts or T-bolts?
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4hisglory
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#4 posted 12-29-2008 01:14 AM
nice jig and amen to the hold downs. All it takes is a little slip and you can break or severe a finger real quick on a drill press.
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FlWoodRat
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#5 posted 12-29-2008 02:46 AM
Great looking attachment. I’d love to see how you attached it to the drill press. I really need one of those too. How about posting some dimensions for us to copy your efforts. Thanks.
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matt garcia
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#6 posted 12-29-2008 05:32 AM
That’s a nice drill press table!! I have a Jet drill press on order!!!
-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX
ND2ELK
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#7 posted 12-29-2008 05:40 AM
Nice job on the drill press table. What model is your drill press? I need one for the new shop. Any comments on your drill press. Thanks for poisting.
God Bless
tom
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Dusty56
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#8 posted 12-30-2008 08:01 AM
HEY , That’s my drill press ! LOL …Great table that you’ve made . I have plans for 3 different ones and i can’t decide which one will work best for me yet .
Have you had any issues with your DP like large Forstner bits slipping in the chuck or excessive side play / off center drilling when you extend the quill all the way down ?
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DonFaulk0517
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#9 posted 12-31-2008 11:30 PM
Some of you have asked a few questions about the Drill Press Table… the drill press is a Jet JDP-17MF Drill Press. I have not had any problems with the drill press. I had a Forstner bit slip once, but have used it many times without any problems. The table is 31” wide and 16” deep. I used plans from an issue of WOOD Magazine, with one alteration in that I wrapped the edges with 3/4” maple. It is from the June/July 2004 Issue #156, and also is in the 2006 WOOD Magazine’s Best-Ever “Woodworking Jigs, Homemade Tools & Shop Organizers” (page 40 and then page 46 for the Dust Extraction). The stop blocks and hold downs are indispensable.
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cosmicturner
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#10 posted 02-15-2009 06:29 PM
nice job on the table thank you for the knowledge links..
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pitchnsplinters
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#11 posted 02-15-2009 06:58 PM
Nice.
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WistysWoodWorkingWonders
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#12 posted 02-26-2010 08:59 AM
very nice… gotta get me one of them…
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CartersWhittling
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#13 posted 11-23-2011 04:03 AM
I thought mine was nice until I saw yours. Thanks for the posting.
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kimball
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#14 posted 12-17-2012 10:02 PM
I like it! I like it! Well done.
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