well I think I'm finally done making shop furniture this drill press pretty much completes my shop (for now),there never done.made mostly out of other project leftovers,melamine,hard board,clear doug fir,baltic birch and plywood.full extension ball bearing drawer glides and 3" full swivel wheels.not a lot of bells and whistles, mostly ideas from various jocks,made to fit my needs.drill table is from rockler,didnt feel like making one myself.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
That narrow pull out drawer is a nice touch Potty. When I did the table saw surround I had a small dead area at the end of the table under the router portion. I put in vertical rails with slots to capture 1/4” MDF ‘plates’ to serve as shelves. Drilled a bunch of holes in the plates and labeled them up. The idea was that they could be easily slipped out of the vertical rails so as to easy pick and remove/return bits without being stooped over. In practice, I rarely remove them, but at least I could replace them easily if I wanted to. It’s all got doors on it now of course…
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
I gotta tell you, mostly through luck and an overly analytical brain, that table saw surround build has just been amazing. Lots of storage, works the way it’s designed….make me happy…almost feels like an actual woodshop when I look T it sometimes…
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
That is interesting that I just finished mine a month ago. I added the DP Pro fence from Woodpeckers. (just the dence) 70 bucks I think. It has awesome dust collection. I really like it.
Well done. I had thought it was a bench top press as well. I like even more now that I see it's a floor model. I still have many shop cabinets to build so I'm always interested in seeing others creative ideas (my metal shop in particular is very tight for space)
