Drill Press Station

[Jon Wolfe]

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Drill press station from pics on the internet. I have a small shop (260 square feet) so I have to utilize all the space the best I can manage. I’ve been building tool cabinets with lots of storage. This is a design I kept seeing so I cobbled something together and put my DP on an inexpensive base from Harbor Freight. Typical build but I really enjoyed building the drawers (hung with hardwood slides), the trim and the drawer pulls. Its the third cabinet/mobile base I’ve made in March. Can’t wait til the finish dries then I can load it up with all the accessories that are cluttering up my shop.

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[Jon Wolfe]

Here are a few more pics of the other recent cabinets….
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and a glimpse of the table top for my Ridgid tablesaw… serves as an assembly table and can be removed and set up as an outfeed table on the saw or completely removed and set up outside too.

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[Frederick Skelly]

Nice stand Jon!
Fred

[Grant Aldridge]

Looks good! I need to make one of those. Your band saw is being for a matching base cabinet, it'd be a good place to keep blades

[Carlos Alvarez]

That's awesome. I went quick/dirty/simple on mine, but I do have a little more space so my needs are to slightly improve space usage, but not totally maximize it. I also wanted to be able to move it to drill big stuff. So I just did a simple plywood box that has wheels on the back and feet on the front. An extendable handle can be used to move it out of the way. It also holds a cut-off support for the miter next to it.

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[Jon Wolfe]

Thanks for the kind words guys! Carlos, I like your multi-use cabinet/miter support. I need to try and make some multi-use fixtures too.
I like the idea of a matching cabinet for the bandsaw Grant. That may be next on the to-do list.

[Jim Becker]

All looks great and very functional! Having those shallow drawers handy right at the DP is a nice thing.

[glenn bradley]

Nice job. I really enjoy having all my DP accessories right nearby. I also build bases with storage for many of my tools. It really ups the usable space in a small shop.

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[Bruce Page]

Nice job. I really enjoy having all my DP accessories right nearby. I also build bases with storage for many of my tools. It really ups the usable space in a small shop.

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TP storage in the lower left? :p

Beautiful set up Jon.

[Jon Wolfe]

Hey Glenn,
Do me a favor and post a couple of pics of your dp table with the fence and t-tracks. Thats a sharp design... much better than what I was planning. I was overthinking it and the table top would interfere with the crank that raises and lowers the table.
thanks
Jon

[eric burns]

Here are a few more pics of the other recent cabinets….
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Jon,
Nice cabinets! Can you share more info on the belt/disc/spindle sander on the right? I've only ever seen one and that was a few years ago.

[Mike Wilkins]

That is a really nice set-up for the drill press. I plan to do the same thing as you due to the problem of too little space and too many tools (there is no such thing as too many tools, just too little space).
What size casters did you use? Thanks.

[Marshall Harrison]

Nice looking setup Jon. Can you post more details on the builds?

The table top on the Rigid TS is what you use for a workbench? I did something similar out of 3/4" plywood that I set on a couple of saw horses I picked up from Lowes which gives a a 2' x 8' workbench in my driveway. I have a smaller traditional one in the garage. But I stain on the plywood one and I'm not opposed to screwing things to it if I need to.

When you have limited space you learn to improvise.


Now that I'm finally adding tools I seriously need to learn how to build shop cabinets. Unless something comes up on CL I'll probably go with a bench top drill press and I'm liking your matching cabinet idea for the sanding station and the Delta 9" band saw.

And Welcome to the 'Creek. Remember that it flows 24x7 and there is always someone here.

[Todd Trebuna]

That looks wonderful. I recently got rid of my cheapo clarke standing drill press and bought a 12 inch Wen, which I really enjoy. I am definitely thinking of a cabinet and this just helped me make a decision.

[glenn bradley]

TP storage in the lower left? :p

You're on to me :p. I cut paper towel rolls on the bandsaw to make rolls of small finishing "rags".

[Jon Wolfe]

Thanks for all the comments.
Eric, its an older discontinued Dayton 3 in 1 sander. https://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Sanding-Center-2XTF8
Its a monster of a beast and must weigh in at over a hundred pounds. I use it mainly for metal work but the 12 inch disk works great at making circles with a quick jig. I usually go for the Ridgid oscillating belt/drum sander honestly. I picked it up for a couple of hundred dollars on Craigslist.
Marshall, that is one of the workbenches I've built in the last 5 months. Its the most versatile as it is an assembly table and I can set it up outside on saw horses or shop stools and it is an outfeed table for my tablesaw.
Here is the dedicated bench I built in December https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?261780-Mr-Wolfe-s-Roubo-inspired-hybrid-workbench&highlight=
The tool cabinets are most recent and is me trying to make the most of a small shop, 14 ' by 20', so not much tool storage space until now.
The builds are all kind of fly by the seat of my pants based on online pics. One of the sanding cabinets is built around an old metal rolling table. I don't like open storage cabinets or open shelves because of the dust. I've started building closed cabinets and gotten rid of my shelves.
Casters were 4 inch ones from HF.
Thanks for the comments and for looking.
JW

[Jon Wolfe]

Updated Drill press cabinet with new table.
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and the new bandsaw table with the fence mounted on a miter gauge… this allows me to adjust for drift while resawing.
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[Rob L. Jones]

I like it and need to build one for my DP. May I ask where you got the plans?

[Jon Wolfe]

Thanks Rob,
I just looked at many pics and vids on google and came up with my own plan.
Here are a couple of links to get you started but do a google search and choose "images" for your results and there will be many different ones.

https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/drill-press-table/ This one has plans you can buy online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQYsFsv64BQ

jon