my drill stand table

[trojan62]

hi,
this is my table i made for my drill stand. not being able to afford a drill press at the moment i thought i would try to enhance the drill stand that i have.
its not perfect, because unlike a drill press, you cant raise the table to the drill, but its a lot better than it was, with just the vice underneath it. the table is made from 2 peices of marine ply and the surround is hardwood. for t track i just used some old drawer runners that i had, they work very well. made the clamps for the t track to finsh the table off.
if anyone has just a drill stand, i hope this can give you some ideas.

cheers

chris......

 

[AndyT]

That should inspire anyone who has managed without decent workholding while thinking 'before I use this thing again I must sort out something better and safer' - nice one!

 

[Sportique]

Chris - I like the idea of the drawer runners - did you have to put additional fixing screws to stiffen them up a bit?

Great idea =D> =D>

Dave

 

[Murph]

I like it, took a couple of looks to work out how it worked .

Where's them old drawer runners?