Drill Press Table

I get allot of great use out of my little benchtop drill press and has even more to do with the fact that I use a dedicated drill press table. About a year ago I made my first table but it has not held up well and I never really got around to cutting the table inserts (which I needed to fully use my drum sanders). So with plenty of strong 3/4" white melamine left over from the biscuit joiner fixture, I decided to make another table. This time around I gave the table an edge treatment of left over sassafras strips from the wine bar project. I made certain that the table top and the sassafras were both straight and smooth to create a seamless joint. I used the router table edge jointer and the planer to this end. Then once everything was glued up and dry, I gave the sassafras a 1/2" roundover profile. The results were visually very cool and I have to say it makes me feel better about my woodworking to have such an attractive piece of shop "furniture".
	I was able to successfully cannibalize all of the miter track and fence parts from the old table and incorporate them into this new design. the circular insert is removable and I have several others to use especially with my drum sanders and some of the larger forstner bits.
	The T-Track hold the fence and hold down clamps tightly to the table. I also have a hold down especially for the 2.5" shop vac hose and the 4" Dust Collector hose that fit onto the table t-track
	Here you can get a better idea (somewhat) of the roundover. On the old table I had more than one angry instance where I scraped myself or a workpiece on a sharp corner/edge of the table. I have a few different auxiliary fences for special purposes that mount to the aluminum fence via mini t-tracks.
	I cut the circular pieces with my Jasper Model 400 Circle Jig. Each piece fits quite well and
	The auxiliary table is held mounted to the drill press table by a Knob with a 1/4"-20 Insert screwed into a threaded insert. It only takes second to remove and I have bit room to maneuver the table if needed.
	Here you can see where one of my drum sanders fits nice and snug into the opening of the circular insert. This way I can get the workpiece right up to the sander without causing the sander to 'bend' under pressure.
	Here's the dust collection system. It's a neat little dust hood that came with the Delta Shopmaster. It connections right to the 4" DC hose and is a breeze to assemble.
	The hood attaches to the table via the t-track and a simple through knob. 20 seconds to set up, 20 seconds to break down!

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