A drill press table

[Chip Wright]

Here are some pictures of my drill press table. It's 12"x24". Nothing special, but this is a fixture that really improves both the precision and the safety of drilling. I really whacked my finger counterboring the t-track to build this thing, which would have never happened if I'd already built. Right there I could see how valuable it would be.

If I followed the picture posting procedure properly, you should be able to see that the drill press head is rotated 180 degrees on the column. That enables me to extend the chuck beyond the edge of the bench, thereby permitting end drilling on boards up to 58". The third picture should show the very modestly sized vertical table and fence. Thanks for looking.

Well, at first I was unable to attach pictures. But now I hope I've figure it out and thus can stay on the good side of Tyler.

Also, I lifted most of the ideas for this table from someone at Badger Pond, maybe Jason Tuinstra? The vertical table I cribbed from the Val Rose site. I apologize for forgetting the names, but many thanks to all who share their experience.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

You might try getting into your Photo program and going to something like "image" then "Resize" and make the top number 600. It will automatically change the second number. Then use "Save as" with a "JPG" extention. That should work. It does for me.

Hope it helps,

Bruce

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Chip....most pictures are posted as .jpg files. Use your picture software to resize it.....select "maintain aspect ratio" and set the horizontal pixels to say 550......adjust the horizontal pixel until the image size is less than 110kb, which is I believe the largest image size you can post here.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

As Bruce said......he was typing faster than I.

[Chip Wright]

Thanks, Bruce and Ken, but if I've got an image editing program, I don't know what it is. Sad really. Anyway, I found that I could email them to myself from Zoombrowser, save the emailed (and reduced in size) images, and get them uploaded. Not elegant, but that's par for the course, I'm afraid.

[Jim Ketron]

Nice job!
I need to make one of those myself!
Jim

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Whatever works Chip. They say that necessity is the Mother of invention! You're quite the inventor.

Bruce

[Kent Cori]

Good job Chip! A DP table is the next project for my workshop. Yours has given me some great ideas. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Chip....nice work. :D ....sorry you have to stay on the "good side" of Tyler and Chris....the photo cops.......we used to have them on "meds".....they refused to continue taking them ;) :D .......Again....nice work...excellent idea

[Tyler Howell]

Go Chip Very functional!

[Alan Turner]

I use pix resizer, a free program. http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
Great looking table for the DP.
Alan

[Jason Tuinstra]

Nice table Chip. Very functional. Should come in very handy.

[Ted Shrader]

Chip -

Nice job. Looks like it works great. The "Catch 22" you had while building it only reinforces the need. Sometimes the most rewarding projects are the shop fixtures and jigs.

Well done,
Ted

[Jerry Olexa]

Alan thanks for resizer tip... Good program.

[Jerry Olexa]

Chip Nice job on the jig, Gives you a lot more control, precision and safety! I too have a bench top press due to space issues, Do you like your Delta. Is that variable speed? Do u use a mortising attachment?And you can go 180 and spin over to longer pieces. Great job of creating/adapting!!

[Chip Wright]

Thanks, everyone. Jerry, the press is not variable speed, but I still have found it suitable for everything I've wanted to do so far. I haven't used a mortising attachment on it. And yep, loosen two allen screws on the drill press head and it spins right around. I've got to bolt it down before I do any drilling, but I'm looking forward to having some end-drilling capacity.