Danny Thompson
01-20-2008, 8:03 PM
Back in November I posted a question asking for advice about acquiring or building a drill press table (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=68235).
One suggestion was a great-looking premade table from Woodpecker. What I liked most about it was its low fence with the T-track on top. What I thought was missing was a drawer, like those on some of the shopmade DP table examples that so many Creekers provided.
In the end, I combined the two. Here is what we call the "Shopmade Drill Press Table with Drawer."
Here is the table head-on.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79697&d=1200875551
TOP: Roughtly 17 3/4" x 30", the top is made primarily out of 3/4" maple plywood. The front edge of the ply is covered a 1/2" strip of Makore to match the drawer front. The plywood side and back edges are covered with iron-on veneer edging.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79698&d=1200875558
FENCE: The fence is 36" long, made of 4/4 hard maple, with the T-track embedded in the top front. I added a jig ruler to the front face.
DRAWER. The drawer is just shy of 4" x 17" x 22" and made of 1/2" ply with a 4/4 Makore face. Both sides are dadoed to ride the hardwood runners.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79699&d=1200875575
INSERT. The top has an 6" circle insert offset from the center of the table to allow it to be rotated as needed. I cut the hole and the inserts using a circle-cutting jig (see pic). It took me a while testing with scraps to get the cirlce just right, same with the inserts. But in the end it came out just right. If you look in the back of the drawer, you will see I cut a couple of extra inserts while I had the cutter set up.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79701&d=1200875617
BASE: The base is 6"h x 17 1/2"d x 24"w, made of 3/4" maple ply with 1" wide 4/4 Makore facing. Red Oak runners (3/4"h x 1"d) sit in 3/8" dadoes in the sides. Slots were cut in the bottom to accommodate mounting hardware. Below you can see the two black knobs that connect the shopmade table to the OEM table.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79702&d=1200875638
I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. All I need to do now is apply a finish.
Thanks to everyone who posted in November for your advice and inspiration. This took more work than I expected, primarily due to design, redesign, and a few hiccups along the way (I'm blaming my #4, but that's another post).
NOTE: If you need a DP table and don't need a drawer, I would go with the Woodpecker described in the prior post. It is pretty sweet.
One suggestion was a great-looking premade table from Woodpecker. What I liked most about it was its low fence with the T-track on top. What I thought was missing was a drawer, like those on some of the shopmade DP table examples that so many Creekers provided.
In the end, I combined the two. Here is what we call the "Shopmade Drill Press Table with Drawer."
Here is the table head-on.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79697&d=1200875551
TOP: Roughtly 17 3/4" x 30", the top is made primarily out of 3/4" maple plywood. The front edge of the ply is covered a 1/2" strip of Makore to match the drawer front. The plywood side and back edges are covered with iron-on veneer edging.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79698&d=1200875558
FENCE: The fence is 36" long, made of 4/4 hard maple, with the T-track embedded in the top front. I added a jig ruler to the front face.
DRAWER. The drawer is just shy of 4" x 17" x 22" and made of 1/2" ply with a 4/4 Makore face. Both sides are dadoed to ride the hardwood runners.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79699&d=1200875575
INSERT. The top has an 6" circle insert offset from the center of the table to allow it to be rotated as needed. I cut the hole and the inserts using a circle-cutting jig (see pic). It took me a while testing with scraps to get the cirlce just right, same with the inserts. But in the end it came out just right. If you look in the back of the drawer, you will see I cut a couple of extra inserts while I had the cutter set up.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79701&d=1200875617
BASE: The base is 6"h x 17 1/2"d x 24"w, made of 3/4" maple ply with 1" wide 4/4 Makore facing. Red Oak runners (3/4"h x 1"d) sit in 3/8" dadoes in the sides. Slots were cut in the bottom to accommodate mounting hardware. Below you can see the two black knobs that connect the shopmade table to the OEM table.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=79702&d=1200875638
I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. All I need to do now is apply a finish.
Thanks to everyone who posted in November for your advice and inspiration. This took more work than I expected, primarily due to design, redesign, and a few hiccups along the way (I'm blaming my #4, but that's another post).
NOTE: If you need a DP table and don't need a drawer, I would go with the Woodpecker described in the prior post. It is pretty sweet.