My drill press has been a constant source of frustration for a while now. I
use it "enough" to curse on occasion but not so much that the drill police
will come visiting. I like the t-track and wonder why I didn't consider it
when that is what "makes" the router table I built. The SU file would be
most appreciated.



Patrick Fischer
Olalla, WA







"Leon" wrote in message
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I finally decided to replace the particle DP top that came with my Rockwell
radial DP 30 years ago. I have been wanting a simpler way to attach a
fence with out having to use clamps. I also wanted a way to attach an
indexing stop for repeated hole locations. This comes in particular handy
when building kitchen cabinet doors and drilling the 35mm holes for the
Euro hinges, over and over and....
Anyway, this design was primarily inspired by a plan in a 2006 issue of
Shop Notes. I modified the original plan using Sketchup and used my own
cheaper version of a fence. It has a replaceable sacrificial plate to
allow drilling into the table with out permanent damage. Because the is a
radial DP with an arm travel of about 16" this sacrificial plate had to be
longer than the normal replicable plate. This particular plate simply
separates the left and right top sides of the table and the plate simply
slides out the front side of the table.

If any one is interested I can e-mail you the Sketchup file.