57 - A Shop-Built Pin Router, страница 10
Drill Press The tables that come with most drill presses might be fine for metalworking. But for woodworking, they just don't cut it. To start with, they're usually way too small. The only provision for attaching a fence is a few diagonal slots in the table, which makes adjusting the fence a chore. And even though most drill press tables have a small hole in the center for drill bit clearance, the hole isn't usually large enough to accommodate sanding drums or really big bits. So what's the solution? Building your own table. This table is designed to do several things. First, it provides a large, flat worksurface for drilling, see photo above. Second, it has a fence thaf s easy to adjust and lock in place. The fence rides in a pair of T-tracks and is held down with a couple toilet bolts and threaded knobs. Another T-track mounted in the face of the fence allows you to add a stop block, see left photo below. If these were the only features this drill press table had, it would still be a project worth building. But there's even more to it. In addition to drilling, my drill press gets used for sanding operations quite often. So the top of this table is fitted with a removable insert to accommodate sanding drums, see middle photo. But that's not all. Since sanding can create a lot of dust, the table is designed with a port for hooking it up to a dust collector or shop vacuum, see inset photo above. And finally, there's a handy storage tray at the front of the drill press table for holding small items T-Track. Both the fence and the stop block ride in aluminum T-track. Toilet bolts and star knobs are used to lock them in place. 10 Sanding Drum Inserts. Replaceable inserts can be interchanged quickly for various diameters of sanding drums. ShopNotes Storage Tray. A small, pull-out tray provides a convenient place for storing a chuck key, drill bits, or sanding drums. No. 57 |
