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Ten Drill Press Tips
…drill press and the drill bit, as shown in Fig. 2. 1 Square drill press table to bit 2 Line up bit with guage Table saw miter gauge 32 Woodsmith No. 137 2. Basic Fence & Table Unlike a table saw, router table, or band saw, a drill press…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 137
October 2001
Drill Press Table
…Drill Press Table Behind the fence there’s a recessed area that’s handy to store drill bits and other small items that otherwise would roll off and end up under the drill press… FRONT VIEW 9⁄16 9⁄1¼6 B A Making a multi-layered TABLE As you can see in the main drawing above, the middle layer of the drill press table is slightly different than …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 270
December 2023
Drill Press Table & Fence
…drill press into a real woodworking tool, it's an auxiliary drill press table. An auxiliary table provides a much larger work surface than the cast iron surface that's part of the drill press itself. But most important, it allows the drill press…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 54
December 1987
Drill Press Storage Cart
…drilled on the inside faces of the sides for shelf pins. It’s easier to drill these holes on the drill press before assembly rather than trying to reach inside the case with a hand drill… can be raised or lowered as needed to match the height of the drill press table. Each one of the outfeed support panels (O) receives a shallow rabbet at one end…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 127
February 2000
Drill Press Sanding Table
…Drill Press Sanding Table A drum sander is a quick way to sand up to a layout line. But to use one effectively, you need a sanding table. Unfortunately, there are two problems with most tables… oversize bottom provides a good clamping surface when mounting the jig to the drill press table. And the top is large enough to handle most projects. Start…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Drilling Mortises
…type of drill press you use isn’t important. What’s important is that it has a table big enough to support your workpiece and that it has a fence to help you drill a straight … later. As you can imagine, drilling these overlapping holes creates quite a few wood chips, and it won’t be long before your drill press table is covered. Just make sure one …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 124
August 1999
Drill Press Cabinet
… made me decide the drill press deserved a storage cabinet of its own. When planning the cabinet, I built it to be at a height to put the drill press table at a comfortable working height. The cabinet shown here is designed for the small drill presses sold by Sears and Delta. You …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 54
December 1987
5 Drill Press Mistakes to Avoid
… think setting the depth stop is necessary — or even helpful. However, drilling too deep needlessly chews up the drill press table (or insert). That results in tearout on the backside of the… the road. The solution is to give yourself a hand by adding a fence to the drill press table, as shown in the main photo on the previous page. I try to do this…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 229
February 2017
Drill Press Primer
…time I need to drill a hole larger than 3⁄8". SQUARING THE TABLE. Once you have the right bits in hand, it’s a good idea to make sure the drill press table is square to…repeatability. T-tracks built into the table allow you to securely lock the fence in place. 58 • Woodsmith / No. 255 { T-track in your drill press table allows for a variety of …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 255
June 2021
Drill Press Safety Devices
…had to drill a hole near the end of a long board, then you know how difficult it can be to keep the workpiece flat while the other end hangs off the drill press table. While the T-slot hold-downs can certainly help, what if you have a series of holes to drill? Resetting your hold-downs for each …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 258
December 2021
Metal on the Drill Press
… I'm also more accurate. HOLD-DOWNS. Safely drilling metals means securing the workpiece to the table, but clamping a piece to your drill press table can be tricky. The first …shape may not provide enough clearance, and the ribbed underside to many drill press tables can make locating the right position tricky. Instead, I prefer handscrew clamps…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 268
August 2023
Drill Press Accessories
…Drill Press Stop Blocks & Spacers Chamfer for dust relief 12 • Woodsmith / No. 270 Flange bolt fits into T-slot A fence easy to with a T-slot makes it set and adjust a stop block at the drill press…ll zero in on the drill press for the simple reason that a few pages down the road, we show how to make a drill press table and fence. MAKE TWO. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 270
December 2023
Tuning Up a Drill Press
…of your drill press. This includes making sure the chuck and drill bit run straight and true without wobbling. And you can give the rack and pinion gears on the table mechanism a little attention, too. CHECK THE BIT. A drill press isn’t much use if it can’t drill a precise hole. If the end of …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 217
February 2015
Drill Bit Storage Cabinet
…drill bit storage center. It’s big enough to hold all of your drill bit sets and drill press accessories, yet small enough to mount close to your drill press…B A #/8 B C 17!/4 C 12 CHEST BACK 11!/4 NOTE: Dadoes are cut at the table saw using a series of spacers (Figure 2) A #/8 1!/2 !/4 1!/2 !/2 !/4 11!/2 B c. SIDE SECTION VIEW A d. #/8 …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 241
February 2019
Tips & Techniques
… sure the bottom end of the work-piece is flat on the saw's table, FOR STOP DRILL OVERSIZED HOLE THROUGH JIG AND STOP and the back edge against the stop…Eyota, Minnesota CLAMP TO DRILL PRESS TABLE ■ Whenever I want to clamp a workpiece to my drill press with C-clamps, the ribs that are cast into the underside of the table are always in the way…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 67
February 1990
Mortising Table
…mortising table For your Drill Press A dedicated mortising machine (see page 14) works great for making mortises. But there is a less expensive alternative — a mortising attachment for your drill press. …jig is attached to the drill press table with some knobs and carriage bolts. Sitting on top of the base is a sliding table that rides in dadoes …Read More
