I’ve never really used a drill press but envision a table with some t-track slots and a fence would be really usefull for holding peices in place. (The press I have has a circular cast iron table thats about 12″ across and doesn’t look very good for WW)
What setups are used by WWer’s in general?
Thanks in advance.
Andy
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AEsarte,
We had a discussion about this topic some time ago and the attached link looked pretty good....especially because it could tilt. Personally, I've just straped on a thick piece of oak about 10" wide and will add fenses, tracts and the like to that...
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&fromAuto=YES&bidsite=CRAFT&pid=00929860000
Edited 5/5/2005 6:05 pm ET by BG
AE:
I modified my DP table to include a bigger surface for the table with a fence that includes adj. stops and hold downs. It works very well.
Holding stock down securely makes it safer and more accurate. Plus the added size of the table is a must.
I got the plans from one of the ww mags about 2 years ago.
I wish I know which mag the plans were in, but I simply forget. I will take pic of my DP table this weekend and shoot it to you.
Thank you,
The Great Marko
Thanks Marko. I'd appreciate that.
I've been looking in the archives and the web and have seen pretty similar plans for a table with a basic fence and some T-slots.
The tilting models seem interesting as you could pivot in both axis. Anyone see enough benefit in going that far in building one?
I built my table from plans in a Shopsmith magazine. I've only needed the DP's one axis tilt. I am looking to replace the wing nuts with cam locks.
Edited 5/7/2005 12:15 am ET by Hoopa
Whoa, that picture is huge. Can somebody tell me how to attach a normal sized photo, Please.
Nice work! Thanks for the ideas.
I made my own cam-locks out of Maple. I tapped out dowels for the pivot but my next version will have metal pivots so I can "lean" on them a bit more. I have a pattern, it's attached. The hole size does not matter the position does. Just make sure your hole is the same size as your pivot pin.
THe pivot pin is availble at a good hardware store. It's a 3/4" steel rod with a hole drilled through and tapped (1/4" - 20). They are normally used in the assmbly of cheap furniture. They are about 3/8" diameter.
Here is a sample cam lock:
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Other images at http://www.pbase.com/durrenm/wood_shop_projects
Mark
PS Sorry I can't make it smaller - it will kill too much detail. BTW this is a to-scale scan.
Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.
That's just the ticket, Mark. I've checked the local hardware stores for the 1/4" - 20 dowel nuts with no success, but they are available on the net. Thanks for posting the plans.
Nice!
Resized, slightly cropped.Leon Jester
Thanks for the assist, LJ. I just spent some time with my Kodak photo program and learned how to save shots for posting on the web.
No problem, happy to help.Leon Jester
I have a drill press table that I got from Woodpecker. I also have 2 extension wings. It works very well.
http://www.woodpeck.com/ttdrillpress.html
Good looking unit. I'll be copying it pretty closely.
I also have the Woodpecker drill press table with extension wings. It works great!
I made this one about 6-7 yrs ago. It's actually 3 tables. The top 2 hinge to allow for single and compound angle drilling. It's on an antique monster DP obsoleted out of an auto plant and didn't have any tilting mechanisms.
Waddaya mean it wont fit through the door?
That's a very slick DP table. I assume you used some sort of metal T strips for the slots, right?"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
I assume you used some sort of metal T strips for the slots, right?
Actually no. I seriously thought about it, until I started looking at the prices. So before I took the plunge, I toyed with some scrap and one of those T-slot router bits and was happy enough with the results to just go that route. I had to file/grind off the longer ears on the toilet bolts to get them to fit in the T-slots for holding down the fence and the hold-downs and stop-block jigs I made for it, but that wasn't a major hassle. Each layer of the table is 2 pcs of laminated 3/4 Baltic birch ply covered by the plastic laminate, so there wasn't any concern about ending up with a thin spot under the slot.Waddaya mean it wont fit through the door?
Good idea with the routed T-slot and bolts. They are on backorder right now at the local Lee Valley so I just used the aluminum track I had kicking around. The finish is drying at home on the table right now, I'll post some pics tonight.
Andy
Thanks to everyone for your input. This is the table I came up with. I may add some t-track for hold downs but will work with it a bit first.
It's pretty basic, oak ply for the table, ash for the fence and stops. Couple coats of spray on polyurethane. I've used two 1/4" t-nuts as the anchors for a couple of handles to attach to the cast iron DP table.
Andy
Nice looking table. I have used almost this identical design for years, and it works well. However, if/when I redo it, I've thought I would run a cross dado on the front half (like douglas2cats did). There are times when it is handy to be able to clamp small pieces (with the DeStaCo clamps), and a cross dado would make it easier to do so. Right now, I have the clamps mounted on a board (with a T-slot), and then mount that board to the DP table with the same tracks that hold the fence."I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
Your table came out great.
I wouldn't be too surprised. I am sure there are people "mining" all these wwing forums for submittable tips and info.
On the other hand, there aren't that many woodworking ideas that are completely new under the sun. Over time, a lot of ideas just keep recirculating, in one form or another.
Most mags are dying for input on tips/techniques; if you have anything at all that seems interesting, you really ought to send it around.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
Having spent a lot of years in publishing, I have never met an editor that is not woefully overworked; it is the nature of the beast. Thus, it is no surprise that the response to your submission was something less than prompt.
Most of these folks have to struggle mightily to stay abreast of their normal work flow, and anything on the margins (e.g. MOW ideas) most likely gets pushed to the side, and processed as time permits. We used to call that sort of stuff the "slush file".
You seem interested in getting some of your ideas into print, and if that is indeed the case, you must be both persistent and clever. Which is to say, you must think hard and systematically about how best to present your idea. Your audience is the editor, and you must formulate a means of grabbing his/her interest, and explain your idea succinctly, persuasively -- and with transparent clarity. All of this is easier said than done, which means even among aspiring writers, most go unpublished.
And don't forget, FWW isn't the only show in town. Just about every wwing mag is always on the lookout for interesting submissions.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
-- Bertrand Russell
RE: <<"What is a MOW idea?">>
Sorry -- Methods of Work, the column in FWW.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
-- Bertrand Russell
Metod, I've not read through this entire thread yet, so pardon if this has been mentioned, but Shopnotes magazine might be your best bet for getting published. That magazine is very focused, and it's hard for them to find original ideas that haven't been around and already published.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Yep, Shop Notes and Woodsmith are both publications of August Home Publishing company. Woodsmith is more project-plan oriented. ShopNotes really focuses on things we make for the shop.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
re: <<<"I have a subscription to Shopsmith, but not to Shop Notes - so it was a bit of ethics issue for me.">>>
Ethics issue?
There is certainly nothing unethical about submitting your ideas to the whole gamut of wwing mags. Doesn't matter whether or not you're a subscriber.
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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
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And I think vanity and/or a desire to share your knowledge is a perfectly legitimate motive for writing.
Lord knows, most free lance writers don't earn enough to pay their phone bill. They do it because they want to do it, not because they'll get rich doing it............
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