Popular Woodworking 2000-10 № 117, страница 12
Tricks of the Trade lllustrationsijohn McCormick A Trick ForYour Drill Press Table Having just started in woodworking I am busy making jigs and clamps and all the other bits and pieces I seem to need to produce anything useful. My latest project is a table for my drill press. While looking at most of the designs on the market I saw that you old-timers have got it pretty near perfect. However the thing that struck me was that all the replaceable inserts were centrally mounted, giving two or four options for changes when the inserts become inevitably used. I have offset mine to one side and made it square so that I can use the four corners on one side and then : turn it over and have four on the other side. I cut the insert just bigger than the largest drill bit I have. Mike Harding Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin r Table Saw Inserts Zero-clearance table saw inserts are a must in our shop here at the magazine, and while you can find any number of plastic inserts for sale in the catalogs, they cost about $ 15 each, and they may or may not fit your saw. Our answer is a little bit of pattern routing and some Baltic Birch high-density plywood or Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) plastic. Simply take the original table saw insert and drill a couple of small clearance holes through the insert. Screw the metal insert to a plywood or UHMW blank (cut it a little oversize on the band saw) and use a pattern routing bit to shape the plywood to a perfect fit. Make a few at the same time and you'll always have a zero clearance insert for different sized dadoes, bevel cuts and more. Make your own leveling screws for the new inserts by screwing l/f x #4 screws into the underside of each insert, aligned with the flanges in the table saw's top. Popular Woodworking staff continued on page 20 Mm* /%/t^a/ s/r COMING IN DECEMBER TRICKS OF THE trade - from "the american woodshop Starting in the December 2000 issue we welcome Scott Phillips, host of the popular PBS program "The American Woodshop," as a contributing editor.Scott will share his favorite tips, tricks and great woodworking ideas he has collected over the years.We still welcome readers' tips and tricks, and we'll continue to run the best tip or trick from a reader each issue. In fact, we've added Delta Woodworking Machinery as the sponsor for the Tricks ofThe Trade column,and we'll award a fabulous model 22-560 l2'/2" benchtop planer to the best "trickster" each issue. To submit your tip or trick, you can e-mail your trick and daytime phone number to us at DavidT@FWPubs.com or mail it to:Tricks of the Trade • Popular Woodworking • 1507 Dana Ave.^ Cincinnati, OH 45207. All entries become the property of Popular Woodworking. Sponsored by i ▲▲DELTA 12 Popular Woodworking October 2000 |
