Make This Simple Drill Press Table and Fence - Woodworking - Workshop
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Simple design but it looks to have anything you'd ever need.
How simple, how smart, how practical.
As brilliant as it gets.
Love the way you design and build things.
It's so easy to get carried away and over build things.
One of the more practical drill press tables. I really like it.
Very well put together videos. No nonsens and clear, precise instructions.
Thanks for keeping my brain from rotting. Awesome work, inspired designs and a glowing example of the best our time has produced.
Imagine with the popularity of van life if John built a van with his skills. The views oh the views !!!!
Have seen a ton of table videos.... this is the first one I actually want to build !
Plans purchased. Thank you John.
Thanks Jake :)
Super practical design that does the basics very well. Like you, I find many added features of tool accessories like this rarely get used. On the rare occasion they may be useful, there is usually 10 other ways to accomplish the task very simply. 10/10
Great build. I'm gonna build that for mine. Just got some plywood yesterday along with some T track hardware and a T slot router bit. Gonna make a cross cut sled soon as well. I love making things. Got my two boys out in the shop last night and we started making wooden swords. Woodworking is awesome!!!
John, Thank You for all your great PATERON ONLY Updates. Much Appreciated. Also liked the very great discount on the stack of plans I wanted.
Great design. I plan to borrow most of your ideas to build one for my square-tabled drill press. Thank you John.
My drill press is very much like yours and was looking for ideas when I came upon this video. Plans purchased!!!
Like it . I put a similar one on mine but used a fence off an old drop/miter saw as a fence and attached it one side so can adjust it to any size wood .
Welp. There is my next shop project. Thanks John. Great design you are an amazing engineer and builder.
Excellent design. Can't wait to build my own. Plan purchased!
The reversible fence is a great idea -- tall for clamping and short for getting out of the way of the chuck. One tweak you might consider: discard the rear locating block on the underside. That will let you slide the table on and off just by loosening the clamp blocks.
Very Nice John👍
These are great ideas for a drill press table! Thanks for sharing them.
Here's a little trick for measuring how far your drill-press table deviates from being perpendicular to the quill axis. Cut a length of wire from a coat hanger and put it in the drill chuck. Bend the wire so that the free end is offset from the axis by a little less than half the width or diameter of the table. As you turn the quill manually, that end sweeps out a circle that is perfectly perpendicular to the axis. You can use a feeler gauge or some kind of wedge to see whether your table is parallel to that circle and adjust it accordingly. This adjustment can be far more precise than using a square as in John's video.
Hi, there!
And you can even be more precise using a feeler gauge. But it is a very good tip for low budgets.
Regards,
Etna.
@@Etna. - He said to use a feeler gauge or a wedge.
Ironically my Pillar drill has just caught a cold and I am setting up another one tomorrow.great stuff and very simple build
Great looking table, John! I'm still happy with the one I built a couple years ago so can't justify making another. I did have to chuckle though when you mentioned foregoing making the table "insert-capable" because you never use them and just stick a scrap piece up there. I do the EXACT same thing! I made about 20 perfectly sized inserts (which are easy to make), at the time and for some unknown, ungodly reason, can't bring myself to drill into the things! I may just glue one in place. lol
Stay safe (and sane)!
Great idea John. Thanks for posting.
gee i wish i saw this yesterday. I made a new top for mine this morning..
Has a drill press he is making this for and uses a hand drill for the holes. I love it, John. lol. :)
Very nice build. Thank you for the great idea.
Love this design! Big fan of your channel!! Thanks for all the amazing content John! I'm on my way to your store!
As always, simple and effective. Another winner, John.
I have a drill press table quite a bit like yours:(1) I totally agree with you on the replaceable insert. It's not worth the effort. (2) I used a double thickness of 3/4" plywood for my base, but that's just me wanting to have a really secure flex-free base for clamping. Probably overkill. (3) The clamping holes are a great idea. I am sure they will be very useful.
Nice project. Thanks!
You’re the best John. Stay well and keep making the videos... cheers from Ottawa.
Very cool. Crazy how a new top on the table changes the whole look of the drill press
Nice build John! I love and appreciate your teaching style. Thanks for all your work helping us relative newcomers to the hobby get inspired.
Hi, John!
I really like your new table! I envy you a bit for the table on your drillpress because it can be set at an angle. It seems to be very uncommon here in Germany, so I have to always clamp a square on it to drill into long pieces.
Keep up your good work!
Regards,
Etna.
I love simple, thanks.
Nice Job John. Thanks for sharing.
John, I just love your ingeniously simple designs.
Nice!!! good design!
Awesome work John! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
You look like magician or genius, you seem to make all the things with wood in the world.
Simple, works.
You could upgrade it to a drill center table.
My drill press is missing the rack
I got it used that way, but I know some drill presses were sold with no rack.
Plus it would be nice to have storage, and some way to clamp on tall parts without changing the 90dgr angle of the table to do it.
Well on the colum of a drill press you could make a clamp stop to set the tables resting height then a table top like this but built up for draws and bit storage
Fractional bits chucks, fostner bits hole saws and so on a side table if you swing the table sideways and a crank type top lift like a radial arm saw has.
Points to install a drill press vice. Hold downs and clamps in t slots.
Even if your drill press has a good rack the lift could help fine tune or even extend the depth of cut past the spindials travel capabilities most only move 3 to 4 " but with this approach you could drill a 12" deep hole or even more.
Like you might be able to do on a metal
Cutting lathe with the tail stock.
Now a drill press wasnt design to mill metal but you could add x and y axis travel and mill wood without a problem.
To sum this up you've turned a drill press into a wood working mill sort of.
X and y might not have as much travel as a bridgport but it could extend your capabilities.
One point about a drill press they use moriss taperd chucks drilling a hole pushed them into place, cutting side ways might break that presure fit bond
And drop the chuck and bit.
Its why I said woodworking and light cuts only. Any serious material removal could free up the chuck and make it come loose.
This is why real mills hold the tools with a bolt from the top of the spindial.
That's a nice trick with step drill a create a bigger pilot hole for the need drillbit!
Nicely done.
Two really neat, simple, useful projects in a row. Great stuff!
John, this looks great, but I think I'm missing something. Are the only things holding your table to the drill table the pressure against those little wooden blocks underneath and the small edges of the fender washers that extend over the edge of the blocks? Please, tell me what am I missing, because otherwise this looks like a great project!
I cant think of any way to improve upon you design. You nailed the simple approach to a drill table.
Very good designe my friend!
Wow Love how you DIY!!! Can you please show your fans how to build a splash guard for a 7” table top wet saw? I’d love to be able to use my tile saw inside but can’t find any resource on how to build a removable water guard. Please help kind Sir….60 yr old grand mom needs solution to saw indoors😎
Man that's really généreuse to share plan thankx
Thanks for the video. I like how you think about your projects. I tend to over complicate mine.
very nice!
Nice sharing bro. Success your channel. From Indonesia😀👍💕
I will be buying plans because I have just been told I am going to be under house arrest for 12 weeks with no visitors because of my immune system issues so this is the opportunity to get the workshop sorted out and use all the plans I bought recently (suspecting I would be quarantined). My big problem is whether to display the tools alphabetically, by size, by weight, by usage, by preference, by cost, by manufacturer, or by age? Decisions, decisions.
12 weeks in the hole! :)
(the "hole" is solitary confinement in prison, for those out there that are unfamiliar with the vernacular)
The perfect time, Brendan. Get some shit done, move around some and get the blood flowing, and end up with a better shop on the other side of this.
Keep your lungs healthy,..wear resperator so your lungs don't get taxed so much....the best of health to you and happy wood working.
Absolutely John. I'm not going to whinge and moan because 12 weeks, or whatever it takes, is better than eternity in a hole (preferably auger, frozen and with a tree on top). I'll fire up videos as I go. B
Definitely Jon, I will take precautions because I'm going to stir up a lot of ancient dust. Take care yourself and try to make the most of whatever situation you are in. There are some really funny videos and memes from people who are under house arrest so that's entertaining. Also, lots more videos on here... especially from John which I am very grateful for. Brendan.
Great table thanks for uploading video. Do you have a video for the mitre saw fence seen in this one.
Be a trend setter, make a live edge drill press topper.
Have you ever seen where some use a gear (I forget the name) to bring the handle out the front? I’ve been thinking of that and wondering if it’s worth it as I don’t really change the height all that much for what I do.
Nicely done. Subbed and now heading to your website.
Nice vid, a useful project and much needed distraction from "the world out there". Thanks.
Awesome! Will definitely build one for myself
great project and video. thanks for sharing.
Would be interested in seeing more on making the pieces that became the t-track.
What about the drill press handle? Needs a cut out in the table to raise it up and down.
will you have to modify the handle to raise and lower the table now that it is even bigger?
Nice Job
I have a suggestion for a little improvement. There are lots of hold-down clamps that rely on installing a threaded vertical shaft on your table; some kind of clamp or tab is screwed down on that with the equivalent of a wing nut. How about drilling holes at suitable places on this table and hammering in threaded inserts from underneath? The ideal situation would be what's used in optics labs: a plate with a square array of 1/4-20 tapped holes on 1" centers. Wherever you need a hole to screw something down, there's one pretty much right there.
Thanks for sharing that, very good
Excellent!
I like the attachment method to the drills table. I don't know if I would have thought of that.
This looks like a great fence for the bandsaw as well....or do you have a different design for that?
Nice I just love simple thanks for posting subbed and liked 👍
My ''plan collection '' is growing but my building material is depleting ! Greatings from ''stay at home'' Belgium.😛
Great project. What finish did you use on the plywood in the end?
John is that the 14 inch model and do you recommend it? Thanks
I have seen a lot of these drill press table videos where they make the fence slide forwards or backwards and be square to the plywood table. This seems to me a bit complicated. The fence does not have to be square to the plywood table. If your fence can pivot from either the left or the right then clamp the non-pivoting side to the table top, it achieves the same purpose. You want the fence to be the proper distance from the drill bit for your project. Take a look at my video "Build an easy Drill Press Guide" and see if you agree. I do like the holes you put in to clamp your work piece.
Great stuff.
What do you do when you want to crank the table up and down? When my table is that close to the column, the crank hits it.
Does it reverse?
Nice updated version. One question about interference with handle to raise/lower table. I had to chop off right back corner or have my fingers smashed regularly. Do you have this issue and how did you solve it if you do?
ibuildit.ca/blog/drill-press-crank-extension/
Bravo!!!!!
Nice 👍🏼
Oh thank you
I want to build it
Pretty smart !!!
good job...
Great work as usual. Al I need is a better drill press then I can build this table, lol.
Muito legal, me inspirou e fiz um parecido, obrigado
Build it John build it---
Nice one, can see me making the same
I love the simple design.
But it is also very smart.
There are no T-tracks in the horizontal surface thus not collecting sawdust and frustrating the shit out of me.
Fantastic job John!
My favorite design of a simple but highly effective drillpress table. I will be making this with a couple mods.
1. Drilling the hold down holes closer to the base to minimize flex.
2. Add a T-Slot to the table for hold down clamps for small parts.
3. Adding a vacuum mount to the fence, as I drill a lit of brass & HDPE which is very difficult to clean up.
4. Adding an LED drilling light stand to the fence.
I thought of doing this years ago but on the mitersaw, I was thinking that the paper would be below the set of the teeth , make the plunge cut then slide the material over into the spinning sandpaper til the cut is exactly on the line
Okay, about the crank.... Taking the head and the table off the drillpress seems a little backbreaking to me... I'm already trying to think of a way to just fit it around the post and glue or screw it together. NOt that I'm actually going to change out my crank anytime soon... I've trained myself to hold the crank upside down, so I don't bang my knuckles on the underside of the table. Someday...
Is that a new gallon of poly?!?! I thought I'd never see the day.
I hope you're designing the workbench soon because with this whole social isolation were all going bats staring at the walls.
I like vidio
Your drill press and mine look a like. My drill chuck is worn out. Do you know how to replace the chuck? I see no set screw up inside it. I have no manual . Thanks.
Danny Powers there is no set screw you just need to find a way of prying it off the shape of the shaft is conical, pressure is the only thing holding it in place.
The tapered shaft that the chuck is a part of should be easily removed with a gear puller.
Danny Powers you should be able find a user manual online using the name and model. Good luck
Какое финишное покрытие? Подскажите пожалуйста
Болтавня нескончаемая и ритмичные звуки инструментов дают иллюзию что он читает рэп...😄😄😄😄😄😄
@ 5:10 Downtown Clamptown
John: How are you going to raise and lower the table?
I tried to download your plans, but the process was too cumbersome for my brain. So I’ll just follow the video. I wanted to support you, just couldn’t figure it out.
Media, "Everyone practice Social Distancing." John, "Been doing that since starting my TH-cam channel."
The reason that so many people design and build auxiliary tables for their drill presses? Because the vast majority of drill presses have tables that are too darn small.