Bill Huber
07-04-2009, 5:49 PM
I have an old Craftsman drill press I bought on sale in 1975 and its a good old drill press. It does have some short comings, one was it was very hard to raise the table because it had no crank like the new ones do, I fix that.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=99522&highlight=drill+press
The other problem was the table can not be angled like the newer models. That's not a real big deal but I have wanted to drill some holes at an angle and had to use one of those things for a portable drill, which I HATE.
Well I fixed that one today.
Here it is, nothing really fancy but it works very well. 2 15 x 24 MDF boards glued together, some scrap blocks of maple, a hinge and some hardware.
The way it is pictured I can raise it up to about 20 degrees, I have made some longer supports that will let me raise it to 45 degrees. I use my Wixey digital protractor to set the the angle that I need.
I set it on my main table and attach it with 2 five point 5/16-18 knobs to inserts in the maple, then attach the 2 supports and I am off and drilling. I added some T-Track so I have something to clamp with.
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http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=99522&highlight=drill+press
The other problem was the table can not be angled like the newer models. That's not a real big deal but I have wanted to drill some holes at an angle and had to use one of those things for a portable drill, which I HATE.
Well I fixed that one today.
Here it is, nothing really fancy but it works very well. 2 15 x 24 MDF boards glued together, some scrap blocks of maple, a hinge and some hardware.
The way it is pictured I can raise it up to about 20 degrees, I have made some longer supports that will let me raise it to 45 degrees. I use my Wixey digital protractor to set the the angle that I need.
I set it on my main table and attach it with 2 five point 5/16-18 knobs to inserts in the maple, then attach the 2 supports and I am off and drilling. I added some T-Track so I have something to clamp with.
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