Ideas for modifcation to drill press table.

[David Ragan]

Last weekend, I installed this Woodpeckers Drill press table (top picture), with the knuckle clamps (middle picture).

Anybody have any cool modifications?

(I tried to make the pictures smaller:o)

Also, I still have the little fence that came with it---since I bought the three inch fence pictured on the table below, is there a use for the stock back rail that is in the third picture?

Just another cool tool that I am not using up to its potential....
http://www.infinitytools.com/images/DPT-103_large.jpg

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SfHb9dPU1kM/maxresdefault.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSfH b9dPU1kM&ei=PLBxVYeKD8ivggTT4ILoBw&bvm=bv.95039771,d.eXY&psig=AFQjCNHSYBIq4T54aRn13M2O-iJVf8Sx9Q&ust=1433600441092332)


Is there a use for the below back rail now? Besides measuring stuff? Weird clamping configurations where the 3" fence would get in the way?
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rYiA_Ve0pbw/maxresdefault.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrYi A_Ve0pbw&ei=ibFxVcS2LciWNoreg4gI&bvm=bv.95039771,d.eXY&psig=AFQjCNGn0i8Ba6_FJWduns1NFy9FC1GCpQ&ust=1433600763480918)

[Kent A Bathurst]

David - I have a home-brew that has the same basic functionality. Mine is much wider [as you may have noticed].

table and back fence are made from double 3/4" ply, glued & screwed [screws well away from the quill's reach].

The back fence has a stgrip of Tee-Track imbedded - so I can mount east-west stops there. I think that is the purpose of your 3d photo?

What model is your DP?

[Mike Wilkins]

I have the Woodcraft version of that same table, only with the black color and low back fence. I like the look of that L-shaped fence and will likely make one out of aluminum angle real soon.
As for modifications to that table; after you read this, scroll down and look at the mod that Bill Huber made for his drill press table. I think you can use the low stock fence like Bill did for an extension to the hold-down. Adding this table was one of the best additions to my Rockwell DP, circa 1974, along with link-belts for the pulleys and a paint job.

[Jerry Miner]

I'm with Mike. Use the original fence like Bill Huber's upgrade:

Bill Huber Upgrade (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?226759-Drill-press-table-hold-downs&highlight=Drill+Press)

[ian maybury]

ImageWell is a great little and dead simple to use image handling and editing package David. There's a 7 day free trial, and it's cheap to buy - about $19. http://xtralean.com/IWDownload.html

I've used it for years. You can drag and drop a full size full resolution photo into it, and then using the sliders on the front page reduce it to 60% and about 150KB size for web use in a moment or two. I keep low res versions of stuff for web use in a separate file, having resized (as described) and named the image it's a case of just clicking file/save to save it to your file.

Photos of that size work perfectly in the 'manage attachments' deal when posting here, and require no further adjustments (unless you want to) before use...

[johnny means]

Guy I worked for mounted his DP on a motorcycle lift, then mounted the whole thing in a RAS type workbench. You raised the DP with a foot pedal and lowered it with a bicycle brake lever.

[pat warner]

There are 12 degrees of work translation (slip/slide), not only
for the work but for every component that holds the work.
The hold down is helpful, but there are many modes of translation
left unattended. (Work can move up/down, left/rt, in/out, and rotate cc/ccw on any
or all of its 3 axies = 12!). So if locating a hole or keeping the work
from moving (whilst being drilled) are paramount, then it will take more
than a fence and clamp.

[David Ragan]

I think that is the purpose of your 3d photo?

What model is your DP?

YOu all are the best! I will use the third rail as an auxiliary rail as in Bill's example.

I have an older Craftsman, has the three pulleys up top. Floor model.


ImageWell is a great little and dead simple to use image handling and editing package David. There's a 7 day free trial, and it's cheap to buy - about $19. http://xtralean.com/IWDownload.html

I've used it for years. You can drag and drop a full size full resolution photo into it, and then using the sliders on the front page reduce it to 60% and about 150KB size for web use in a moment or two. I keep low res versions of stuff for web use in a separate file, having resized (as described) and named the image it's a case of just clicking file/save to save it to your file.

Photos of that size work perfectly in the 'manage attachments' deal when posting here, and require no further adjustments (unless you want to) before use...

Those pics are from Google Images. I may wind up using something like the above, but will put it off as long as I can. KISS is good, right?



There are 12 degrees of work translation (slip/slide), not only
for the work but for every component that holds the work.
The hold down is helpful, but there are many modes of translation
left unattended. (Work can move up/down, left/rt, in/out, and rotate cc/ccw on any
or all of its 3 axies = 12!). So if locating a hole or keeping the work
from moving (whilst being drilled) is paramount, then it will take more
than a fence and clamp.

Wow--see, I didn't even realize....is this what I recall as the xxx degrees of freedom that I recall from school?

Like I always say...most of my tools long for the day when someone arrives who actually knows how to use them.

What I can do, is make some taller blocks with t bolts down through them cause those knuckle clamps are only good for about 2" off the table. So, I can make a pair of 2, 4, and 6" block to be able to reach up and clamp tall stuff.

I read here, and really like it........"we have two hobbies, WW, and shop-building"....cool.