This looks really clean, I like it a lot. If I may, I want to offer some tips for you. For the drill press table, you can make a long through mortise cut, maybe 120mm which would allow you to swing the fence for more precision drilling, you can also lay the fence on it's side, and drill two more holes for securing the fence to the table. This will allow you to make deeper plunges with your drill not getting hung up on the fence. Lastly, I have two tips for table saw safety for you. First, NEVER stop pushing your lumber completely past the fence before shutting the saw off. This can lead to burn marks on your lumber, as seen in this video, or even worse, kickback. Next, use your push stick as close to the right side of the blade, as you can get it, rather than along the the fence. This will help prevent kickback. You can see what I am talking about by using a scrap piece of lumber. Lower your blade completely, place the piece of lumber onto the table saw, against the fence as you normally would. With your saw off, and the blade lowered, push the piece of lumber through an imaginary cut, using your push stick exactly like you did in this video. You might be surprised to see that the leading edge of your lumber actually begins to angle towards the blade. This can cause binding and/or kickback, even with a riving knife installed. RUclipsrs Steve Ramsey and Stumpy Nubs both, have done videos about this as well.
Nice build. Congrats. I would have offset the sacrificial disk from the drill axis, so that it can be used longer by simply rotating it a bit until it's completely ruined.
We always pick up a tip or two. I like the hole under the insert for the chips to fall. Certainly one of those "why didn't I think of that" Thanks and keep the vids coming! !! !!!
Man, what a fantastic job on this project! It looks so clean and efficient, it gave me so many ideas! You explained everything so well, too. Thanks for sharing! It was so good, I'm subscribing! 😊
Hey there, I’m in Stanmore Bay and I just rocked up to a local kitchen cabinet maker and asked if they could sell me any, they gave me an off cut for a 6 pack of beer 😆
16:03 Hey! im sure you've heard of kickback... just want to remind you to be safe if you are cutting like that! if you are not careful you won't be able to create projects as amazing as this one! Be safe!
Hey Kris Just found your channel and I'm impressed. About to rebuild my drill press table, drawers and pretty much want to make it rise and fall electronically. Love your drill press video, Worth a subscription and like. Regards ONE HANDED MAKER - Australia
It’s been great, especially for a small shop where I can’t really fit two separate machines. I highly recommend the helical cutter head, I’ve had it around 3 years now and it still cuts perfectly, I haven’t even had to rotate the cutter blades
Yes it’s for repeatable drill holes but not just from the stop blocks but just sliding a piece along the fence will ensure holes are all of equal distance to the edge of the work piece.
Looks flash and you’ve done a lovely job, but like so many of these drill tables shown on RUclips, definitely not perfect sorry to say. Another drill fence where one hasn’t thought through its use. Obviously you will get a ton of debris blocking the T Track channels as you have put them on the top. This will get old real quick. Why didn’t you put them on the ends on their side? Won’t clog anywhere near as much. Still simple to work and make, just make the fence a U shape to slide in the end channels.. Need a version 2 model…You will thank me once you’ve altered it.
I did look into the side mounted fence, in particular I liked the Hooked on Wood one. I opted not to go for that approach for a few reasons: 1. Its a little more technical and I thought that I didn't need the extra benefits that it gives in a small shop like mine 2. I need to put t-track on the table anyway to I can use hold downs (something I forgot to demo in my video), so I may as well use the same t-track for the fence. As for your concern about the t-track getting debris in it, I haven't noticed that yet and I have a similar setup with my router table.
This looks really clean, I like it a lot. If I may, I want to offer some tips for you. For the drill press table, you can make a long through mortise cut, maybe 120mm which would allow you to swing the fence for more precision drilling, you can also lay the fence on it's side, and drill two more holes for securing the fence to the table. This will allow you to make deeper plunges with your drill not getting hung up on the fence. Lastly, I have two tips for table saw safety for you. First, NEVER stop pushing your lumber completely past the fence before shutting the saw off. This can lead to burn marks on your lumber, as seen in this video, or even worse, kickback. Next, use your push stick as close to the right side of the blade, as you can get it, rather than along the the fence. This will help prevent kickback. You can see what I am talking about by using a scrap piece of lumber. Lower your blade completely, place the piece of lumber onto the table saw, against the fence as you normally would. With your saw off, and the blade lowered, push the piece of lumber through an imaginary cut, using your push stick exactly like you did in this video. You might be surprised to see that the leading edge of your lumber actually begins to angle towards the blade. This can cause binding and/or kickback, even with a riving knife installed. RUclipsrs Steve Ramsey and Stumpy Nubs both, have done videos about this as well.
Nice build. Congrats.
I would have offset the sacrificial disk from the drill axis, so that it can be used longer by simply rotating it a bit until it's completely ruined.
Yea, I worked that out after I had made the disk 😕
Ive found using tape and scoring the cut edges with a razor works great on formica.
Simplifying the Hooked On Wood drill press table, looks sturdy
Nice job
We always pick up a tip or two. I like the hole under the insert for the chips to fall.
Certainly one of those "why didn't I think of that" Thanks and keep the vids coming! !! !!!
thanks for the usefull video! ill try doing one like this for my drill press,
Very nice build, and simple to follow. Thx. If you flip the fence over, so the track higher up, might be easier to twist the knob on the stop block ;)
Good idea, thanks ☺️
Excellent work and a really nice design.
Man, what a fantastic job on this project! It looks so clean and efficient, it gave me so many ideas! You explained everything so well, too. Thanks for sharing! It was so good, I'm subscribing! 😊
Hey, where'd you get that kick out garage door? I have them in our house but cannot find replacement parts - Springs!
Was like that when we bought the house
What size do you recommend for a 8 inch bench top drill press?
Nice and useful thy.
Great skills mate. Subscribed!
I'm in NZ (Auckland). Do you happen to know where the best place to go is for Formica (laminate) sheets such as the one used in your video?
Hey there, I’m in Stanmore Bay and I just rocked up to a local kitchen cabinet maker and asked if they could sell me any, they gave me an off cut for a 6 pack of beer 😆
@@macsworkshop I guess I''ll have to try something similar. :-)
16:03 Hey! im sure you've heard of kickback... just want to remind you to be safe if you are cutting like that! if you are not careful you won't be able to create projects as amazing as this one! Be safe!
where did you get that sheet of formica from?
I went to a local kitchen manufacturer and asked if they had any for sale, they had a scrap piece and sold it to me for a 6 pack of beer 😆
Hey Kris
Just found your channel and I'm impressed.
About to rebuild my drill press table, drawers and pretty much want to make it rise and fall electronically.
Love your drill press video,
Worth a subscription and like. Regards ONE HANDED MAKER - Australia
How's that jointer/thicknesser working out?
Any issues? Thinking about getting one.
It’s been great, especially for a small shop where I can’t really fit two separate machines.
I highly recommend the helical cutter head, I’ve had it around 3 years now and it still cuts perfectly, I haven’t even had to rotate the cutter blades
is the fence there just so you have to stop block to drill repeated holes like cuts on a mitre saw, or are there other uses?
Yes it’s for repeatable drill holes but not just from the stop blocks but just sliding a piece along the fence will ensure holes are all of equal distance to the edge of the work piece.
Looks flash and you’ve done a lovely job, but like so many of these drill tables shown on RUclips, definitely not perfect sorry to say. Another drill fence where one hasn’t thought through its use. Obviously you will get a ton of debris blocking the T Track channels as you have put them on the top. This will get old real quick. Why didn’t you put them on the ends on their side? Won’t clog anywhere near as much. Still simple to work and make, just make the fence a U shape to slide in the end channels.. Need a version 2 model…You will thank me once you’ve altered it.
I did look into the side mounted fence, in particular I liked the Hooked on Wood one.
I opted not to go for that approach for a few reasons:
1. Its a little more technical and I thought that I didn't need the extra benefits that it gives in a small shop like mine
2. I need to put t-track on the table anyway to I can use hold downs (something I forgot to demo in my video), so I may as well use the same t-track for the fence.
As for your concern about the t-track getting debris in it, I haven't noticed that yet and I have a similar setup with my router table.