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   BG | Oct 05, 2003 05:11pm | #1

   Bob,

   http://www.diydata.com/projects/plans/tool_plans.htm

   Your might want to check out the link above...there are three or four plans

   Tooldoc had some nice plans that provided for a tilt top ..maybe he'll see this post and respond..
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   ToolDoc | Oct 05, 2003 09:11pm | #3

   BG : The tilting DP table design you mentioned is a Sears/Craftsman DP table.. its on there web site.. nice table.. http://www.craftsman.com   

   model # 00929860000 price $119.00 professional universal DP work center

                                              ToolDoc

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   Edited 10/5/2003 2:18:21 PM ET by TOOLDOC

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   ron61 | Oct 05, 2003 08:45pm | #2

   Try this look under Shop jigs

   http://store.yahoo.com/plansnow/index.html

   Ron

   Who Ever Has The Biggest Pile Of Tools When You Die Wins

3. 
   WayneL5 | Oct 06, 2003 12:32am | #4

   I've got no plans.  But, when selecting a jig, consider if you ever want to drill the ends of long vertical pieces, and plan a way to clamp them, too.

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   forestgirl | Oct 06, 2003 06:50pm | #5

   Was thinking about you last night when thumbing through Wood's "Best-Ever Workshop Solutions" (on the newstands until December 9th).  On page 106, there is an impressive drill-press table that provides for both horizontal and veritcal drilling, has an adjustable fence and hold-downs using T-tracks.  I would think minor modifications would enable it to accomodate your tilting-head DP, and to add hold-downs to the fence you only need to add a T-track with the appropriate hardware.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   EdHarrison | Oct 08, 2003 02:07pm | #6

   I'm building the design depicted in the Rockler catalog as a drill press table that you can buy, for my drill press. They conveniently show an "exploded" view and it looks versatile and easy to build. The adjustable fence allows you to create a virtual zero clearance for a drum sander.

   I bought Rockler's T-track hardware, bolts, knobs and even the router bits that allow you to rout T-tracks, already, and am happy with them. As I build the drill press table, I'm planning on buying their dust port flange. Don't know how good dust collection can be on a drill press, but if it just gets some of it, it will be better than what I got right now.

   Ed

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   forestgirl | Oct 08, 2003 07:12pm | #7

   "Don't know how good dust collection can be on a drill press, but if it just gets some of it...."  HaHa -- brings back memories.  I've rigged up some pretty funny looking contraptions trying to catch the shavings during a multi-hole Forstner session.  Hopeless.  But collecting dust during sanding operations might be alot easier to accomplish.  forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   EdHarrison | Oct 08, 2003 07:33pm | #8

   Correct-a-mundo! O sylvan siren. Nothing to add to the discussion, just wanted to add that to your list of monikers. I like "First Lady of the Forest" best but it has been used. Take care.

   Ed

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   forestgirl | Oct 08, 2003 11:04pm | #9

   "Sylvan Siren" --- hmmm, gonna have to do a bit of research on that one, LOL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   andyzman | Oct 08, 2003 11:27pm | #10

   My log of magazine articles showed these magazines as having plans for a drill press table.

   American Woodworker  Feb 2000, October 1997

   Wood Feb 1996  Feb 1998 Feb 1994

   Woodsmith Vol 22 No. 127

   Popular Woodworking May 1999

   Check your local newstand - I recall seeing a magazine that I didn't purchase with a drill press table as one of their feature articles.