DP Table Part II

Last two pics.

 

Hi George
I just looked through your pictorial, well done I enjoyed it.
Stuff like this makes the forum a much more interesting place,thanks.
Rob

 

That George is one very impressive drill press table as is the photo shoot, why O why can't we get this type of photo shoot thread to be the norm. I've almost run out of steam pushing members for it.

 

Harry, I'd love to do that but, I don't know how. I can take the pics and post them. I have no idea how to put those neat instructions on the picture.

Besides, I'd have to clean the shop more often.:lazy2:

 

Very nice, I'm going to build a little one like that for my bench-top drill press.

 

hi Noob,

you might check this out. its probably cheaper than buying the materials to build one and its made for a bench top drill press.

- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

 

George that is a good right up and an outstanding final product. Someday when I get a drill press I will have to revisit you site and remind myself how it's done.

 

Nice job George

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George that's a beautiful work, I enjoyed very much

 

hello George,

thats a fine job on the drill press table and an excellant tutorial you presented.

as far as Harbor Freight, i buy lots of stuff there and love their prices. there are also so many around most people can drive to them.

again i really like the table!

 

Nice job George! I love the way some of you guys photograph everything and annotate it. As my old geography master used to say, 'A picture is worth a thousand words'.

I only wish we had HF here. I've a woodworking place only a couple of miles away, on my way to the office, that has CNC cutting facilities, does a bit of Freud and a bit of CMT, but extremely limited ranges. I noticed this morning they even stock a bit of Bessey stuff. It's the most convenient panel supplier I've ever known and they are very helpful, but in other respects like cutters and jig stuff, they are very limited.

Cheers

Peter

 

Peter,
Harbor Freight is on line at Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices. I don't know if they ship to Croatia, but they might. Some of their stuff is junk but a lot isn't. You just have to be selective about what you buy there.

 

Thanks to all of you for the nice compliments.

 

Hi George,

What a great job on both the table and the pictorial. I have the Woodpeckers drill press table that I bought several years ago and paid big money for, but I can honestly say that yours equals and in some ways exceeeds mine in many ways.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful work with us. It is a great teaching aid to say the least.

 

Very nice presentation George. Enjoy your new drill press.

 

Geez! You guys are making me blush!

 

Great work George. I really like the tabletop with the t-track that you did the routing on. Did you make that also?

 

Hi, Rusty. I got that table, as well as a matching work bench from Sam's Club. I just added the T-Track. Here is a link to a better pic of both before adding the track, if you are interested...
http://www.routerforums.com/lobby/9436-workbench-last.html#post80361

 

Hi George,
That looks great! Thanks for all the pics. It made a great tutorial.
Vicki

 

Nice work on the drill press table. I did a similar project but had trouble mounting the table to my General Drill press because the original table that came with the drill press had no holes in it.

To solve my problem of attaching it I used left over T-Track and mounted the T-Track on the underside of the table. I then used hold downs similar to your to secure the table to the drill press metal table.

The other thing I did was to laminate two piece together and the bottom piece is cut out around the metal table to ensure a snug fit.

The only thing I want to do to complete my project is to install two set of drawers to mount on the underside of the table both left and right.

I have yet to do the sacrificial plate either because I just usually put a scrap of something underneath to save my top. This was my first attempt at building a table and it works for me so I guess thats all that matters right?

I have attached two pictures to help illustrate my points. Thanks Harry for explaining how to add the narrations using Paint this works awesome and is easy to use.

 

Hi, Dan. Nice table. You do need to make the lettering larger for the notes on your pictures. I could barely see it even enlarged. I find that around 18 is a good size letter.

 

LOL ya I noticed that after I posted it but on the future I will use 18 font.

My eyes are still good but I am approaching the age of 45 when apparently they start to get fuzzy. But truth be known I have a hard time reading 1/32" increments so I guess 1/16" will have to do.

Thanks for the tip and sharing your project.

Now I just have to warm up a bit because it is 2 degrees Celsius outside. Man I need to move to a warmer climate this is killing my progress on my projects with no heat in the garage.

 

Well the high fence if you can not reorient it will be an issue for a lot of procedures.

I had a high fence, but now exclusively use my 1" high fence and maybe only use the high fence once a year.

Other than that it looks perfect.

 

That is a nice table, George. I must admit that i have refrained from doing any pictures because i have never done it, and i an such a slow learner these days with all the meds and such. If i may ask, What do you use to put comments on your pics? Thanks, i'll bet that Harry will be one that can coment on that, but i will be interested in all the help i can get! Just read Harrys post and downloaded the program. THANKS.

 

Hi Howard

Download Paint.Net,, it will let you do many things like add text and arrows to your pictures ,it will also let you resize them and it's FREE..

|MG| Paint.NET 3.36 Final

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Thanks bobj3, Have done that. Thanks, now i will try to figure it out

 

Your Welcome Howard

It has 10 times the tools and power as the one that's come with MS Windows, it's so good MS as put it into the new Windows...)

It's like Paint in windows but it's on steroids , it's easy to use,just run your mouse over the top menu and you will get it real quick..play with it for 5 mins.and you will have it...

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I just used the "Paint" program that is budnled in Windows. You can find it in:

Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint

Once in paint on the left side there are icons to insert text you simply click on the icon that looks like a capital A it will say "text" when you place your mouse over top of it. Mouse click it and then position the cursor to the spot you want to add the text.

Don't make the same mistake I did and choose a font size as George suggests 18

 

Sweet !!!

 

HF sells T-track and T-track intersections?? I can't find it on the site, link?

 

Looks like they don't carry them any longer. I did find some intersections buried under a table at my local store, but they don't have them on line.

 

Thanks George for the great presentation and a fine looking table. Also, thanks to Harry and Jigs for the lettering info. I'll have to try that if I ever build something worth photoing (is that a word?) again.