Articulating Drill Press table extension.

Articulating Drill Press table extension. This drill press has an extending/rotating head on it, and is the reason for the table extension. Made from 2 inch square tubing 1/4x1 1/4 inch tubing cut to size on the band saw and lathe. Shop Fox drill press.
The slit I made is hard to tighten, but it works I will increase the slit for less tension before I paint it.

I did not use the angle brackets as shown I made two 1/4 inch rectangle and rounded on each end, which I welded to the square tubing
on either side to hold the 3/8 threaded bolt to be changed out later for a wiggly giggly handle.

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I like this idea.

hello Peter Sanders. Make one for your self also you can ask to be my friend.

Hi Lee Ward (?)

Yes, it's now on the to do list, (to make list?). The list is long though, too many good items like yours :thumbsup:

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Great idea!
I’m not seeing how the middle joint locks to prevent movement. How is that done?

Hi Bloom-Chicago the middle joint has a locking handle but it is on the other side in these photos. also you can be my friend check it out.
here you can see the handle. :O)
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Great project! I have that very same drill press... fairly recently, that is, and still getting to know it.

You even managed to match the paint! Can you specify that for me, please? (You know, in case I need to cover-up any mods that go wrong or right, for that matter!)

Hello JoeVanGeaux, Well I got pretty close but really by accident, really does it matter if you get a paint a few shades off it still looks new. Thanks for the shout out. I bought the paint from home depot fridge enamel lite yellow.

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Hello JoeVanGeaux, Well I got pretty close but really by accident, really does it matter if you get a paint a few shades off it still looks new. Thanks for the shout out. I bought the paint from home depot fridge enamel lite yellow.

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Of course it doesn't REALLY matter, but those details make me feel more accomplished sometimes. I recently did some touch-up painting on my Lincoln AC/DC welder using a rattle can of red paint that matched so very close you could blame the difference on the shadows and reflections off of nearby objects.

Your post inspired me to try a post of of my own ... but after checking this site beforehand, wouldn't you know it, you did another project just like what I did for a router table (an accessory on my Ryobi BT3100 table saw) - those wood blocks under your drill press table to allow arbitrary positioning of clamps, which is now going to be one of the next projects for my drill press. Thanks, again!

Carry on!!

JoeVanGeaux, Don't let a little thing like another project get in your way of posting something you have done. or a duplicate build already posted on these forums there are an infinite number of duplicated builds to be found here but everyone of them are different in some way even if they are a copy of someone else's build. The built is still yours

Hello JoeVanGeaux, Yes those wood pie shaped blocks are really a great way to clamp work down and fast tooo. that was one of several of my best inspirations, and Thanks for noticing...always nice to have friends,,,... :O)

When I was a young buck and I was working in a small shop, we built a articulated drill press that had a boom that was a swinging truss , similar to a jib crane boom. We mounted a Rockwell drill press head to it and we mounted it to one of the building columns. The unit was leveled and plumed and would swing over a large work bench. It would reach to center of a 4 ft. x 8 ft. sheet of metal. Talk about handy!

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When I was a young buck and I was working in a small shop, we built a articulated drill press that had a boom that was a swinging truss , similar to a jib crane boom. We mounted a Rockwell drill press head to it and we mounted it to one of the building columns. The unit was leveled and plumed and would swing over a large work bench. It would reach to center of a 4 ft. x 8 ft. sheet of metal. Talk about handy!

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I had a similar rig mounted on the column of my Radial arm drill press it was used for chamfering the holes

Hi Owen Thank you for that interesting story of your drill press in the machine shop. I had metal shop in high school with lots of neat machines to. see ya Cap.

Hi Frank how are you????? Cap.

Hi Cap Thanks for asking. I'm living life day by day to its fullest albeit slower and with less vigor than 30 years ago

Yes when I wake up and can get vertical I know I'm still useful even if only to fill up the toilet. Hahahaha.

Put 2 45 degree slits instead of 1 .