Best drill press table?

[Cameron Reddy]

I'm tired of jerking around with the machinist styled table on my
Delta X-5 drill press.

Tell me about aftermarket/home made tables!

Thanks!

Cameron Reddy

[Michael Prisbylla]

I'm partial to this one: http://www.cianperez.com/Wood/WoodDocs/Wood_How_To_Power/POWER_How_To_pages/Photog_DP_Table.htm
I particularly like the round insert. With it you can just rotate it a few degrees and presto, you have a new drilling surface.

[Van Huskey]

I'm partial to this one: http://www.cianperez.com/Wood/WoodDocs/Wood_How_To_Power/POWER_How_To_pages/Photog_DP_Table.htm
I particularly like the round insert. With it you can just rotate it a few degrees and presto, you have a new drilling surface.


Thanks for the link, I also really like the offset insert.

[jason lambert]

I perfer the woodpecker one for several reasons.

1. squair insert, you can make them round is a bit harder unless you can find the right size hole saw which seems imposible.

2. fence is low, I have the fence on the one pictured and on small pieces I can not see my laser guides it blocks them.

3. it has measure ments, not sure you need them but I alwas like them.

4. easy to use stop blocks.

[pat warner]

Aluminum screwed to the casting with accessories (http://patwarner.com/images/drilling2.jpg).

[Chris Padilla]

I perfer the woodpecker one for several reasons.

1. squair insert, you can make them round is a bit harder unless you can find the right size hole saw which seems imposible.

2. fence is low, I have the fence on the one pictured and on small pieces I can not see my laser guides it blocks them.

3. it has measure ments, not sure you need them but I alwas like them.

4. easy to use stop blocks.

Nod to Woodpeckers as well....

[Tom Veatch]

I'm happy with this one from Shop Notes:

http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/094/extras/drill-press-table-and-fence-system/

[Tri Hoang]

The Shopnote one looks useful. It's pretty quick to make one. Make sure you have a replaceable insert. A low fence so it won't interfere with the drill head as well as dust collection.

[Tony Perrone]

This was the nicest one I have seen.

It is at routerforums; do a search on "drill press table".

[glenn bradley]

+1 on Woodpeckers but they stopped making this one. That being said, I would make your own. There are a lot of great plans out there. This one is phenolic laminated marine-style ply. I did copy the slide bar holddown from some witty member. I have a Rockler fence picked up on clearance when they changed styles that I adapted for the table. Along with the original low profile fence and a shop made, task specific fence, the split fence rounds out about every need I've come up with so far. I did mount the sacrificial board off center so I get four positions that can be used till they fail. I made enough replacement inserts to where I will take a while to run out.

[paul cottingham]

I use the Lee Valley one. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=63315&cat=1,240,41060. Two things worth noting: I have never used a different one, so I wouldn't know if it is great or not (but I really like it.) I find it really handy, and think the price was pretty reasonable.

http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/drilling/86n8001s1.jpg http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/drilling/86n8001s2.jpg

[Kyle Iwamoto]

I built one like the Shopnotes. Doesn't take all that much time, and makes your DP into the machine you want it to be. The movable fence with the T-Track is awesome. Ditto on the replacement sacrificial insert. As an added bonus, IF you have a Robo Sander, make one insert fit the bearing, and you have a vertical sander. No, it won't oscillate, but it does work in a pinch, and no worries about side loading that quill.

[Vijay Kumar]

+1 on Lee Valley

[Cameron Reddy]

You guys with the Lee Valley, does the fence get in the way of the drill's feed lever?

[Salem Ganzhorn]

I don't know about "best" but I would say make your own. I like MDF because it gives a little bit of friction. I also like making your own fence(s) so you can have whatever you need in a fence (stops, tape, low, high etc etc).

Here is the one I made: http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=131499

[Salem Ganzhorn]

Woah Pat that is just gross :). I have no idea what it does but I want one! heh

[Stephen Edwards]

Here's mine that I built last year:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=119860

I've really enjoyed using it! Good luck with yours, whatever you decide to do.

[paul cottingham]

You guys with the Lee Valley, does the fence get in the way of the drill's feed lever?

Never had that problem.

[Brian Tymchak]

Nod to Woodpeckers as well....

+1. Just received mine, but haven't set it up yet. Good sized work surface, T-tracks for hold downs, decent fence, really reasonable price IMHO. $135 including 2 hold downs and 2 flip stops.

Brian

[Todd Hyman]

I'm happy with this one from Shop Notes:

http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/094/extras/drill-press-table-and-fence-system/


I built this one as well. I should have built it with the offset circular inserts instead of the rounded rectangular ones! :eek: The dust collection works well plus I added a 2 1/2" hose above the table to catch the rest of the shavings. The fence sometimes gets in the way of the handle but i just took two of the handles off and works great.

[Brian Kent]

Aluminum screwed to the casting with accessories (http://patwarner.com/images/drilling2.jpg).

Now that I have seen it, I neeeeeed it.

I don't even understand it, but I am sure if I had one I would be a better human being. There would be no more war. Little children would laugh and play.

[Casey Mabry]

Does anyone have or know where I can see a copy of the shopnotes that explains building that drill press table? When I click the link I get the cut-out drawings but no assembly instructions.

[Matt Meiser]

I've got and like the Woodpecker one too. They only thing I don't like is that you loose a little depth because they don't have the tracks set back around the column like the old one. I really like the fence. The flip stops made drilling hinge cups lightning quick and accurate. And the t-track also gives me a spot to hook on my dust hood.

[Jason White]

Yeah, I don't think those are even the right cutouts for that table.

Jason


Does anyone have or know where I can see a copy of the shopnotes that explains building that drill press table? When I click the link I get the cut-out drawings but no assembly instructions.

[Tom Veatch]

Does anyone have or know where I can see a copy of the shopnotes that explains building that drill press table? When I click the link I get the cut-out drawings but no assembly instructions.

Check your PM inbox.

[Kevin Gregoire]

I use the Lee Valley one. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=63315&cat=1,240,41060. Two things worth noting: I have never used a different one, so I wouldn't know if it is great or not (but I really like it.) I find it really handy, and think the price was pretty reasonable.

http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/drilling/86n8001s1.jpg http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/drilling/86n8001s2.jpg

paul, any chance you can take a couple pics for me?
i would like to see the mounts and also how the fence locks down in the track? thanks

[Bud Millis]

They had something almost like this posted at lumber jocks a while ago.