Spent the afternoon adding a little extension for a bench top drill press. Having it on top of the table was just too high to use it comfortably. You can see I changed gears in the middle of the project and raised it an inch and a half from my original plans. Sometimes it's nice to build something that doesn't have to be as precise as a segmented pen blank.
Work Table Add On
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Todd in PA
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Mine is on my workbench. Honestly I can't really see the top due to clutter. I work off of my storage carts and the workbench has become a graveyard of unfinished (and unstarted!) project pieces. Your post inspires me to carve out the tiny footprint to give my drill press a proper home. I just got this fence for it, so it's more useful now.
I make my own, it's just not attached at the moment. You can kind of see it leaning in the picture.
jttheclockman
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My benchtop drill press is actually sitting on my shaper top. That is one tool I need to get rid of and make some room . My plans for making cabinets went by the wayside many many years ago. So I use it now for storage and as I said the tabletop drill press. It really is ashame but one day I will break that shaper down and get it out of the basement and in garage to sell. One of those tools that unless you have a full woodworking cabinet shop you would need. With todays large routers and router tables they have been replaced in moderate shops. As far as a fence for a drill press I see no need for anything fancy. I use a straight board and a flat longer board for a top to extend the top. Couple clamps and can do any drilling operation I want. I have to say though I saw a drill press table top made on FB years ago and copied the plans and it is way down on my to do list but it would be a cool project.