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What does everyone like for a midrange drill press table? I thought about building one and using a Rockler fence. However, for the price of the fence, I could buy a whole Wen or MLCS table. I'm mainly looking for a good square fence that can handle some type of stop for repeatability.
If it matters, I have one of the Lowes Porter Cable drill presses.
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Do you miss the fact that the Woodpecker table has the short fence that wouldn't hold something vertical? The Wood River one is pretty similar for less price. I know Woodpecker is very good quality.
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This one looks interesting?
https://youtu.be/oD6TOny1FEw
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I have the same set up as Brad but I have the 36" DP-Pro Fence on order. It's this one
https://www.woodpeck.com/dp-pro-drill-press-table.html
It's taller than the one we both have.
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(12-10-2020, 12:01 PM)lincmercguy Wrote: What does everyone like for a midrange drill press table? I thought about building one and using a Rockler fence. However, for the price of the fence, I could buy a whole Wen or MLCS table. I'm mainly looking for a good square fence that can handle some type of stop for repeatability.
If it matters, I have one of the Lowes Porter Cable drill presses.
this one has been on my radar and looks to be a good value? I think you could expand on it and make it fit for you?
MLCS Drill Press Tables
sorry i did not see your mlcs reference, my bad!
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Too tall of a fence can be a problem with the feed handles hitting the fence. I built mine with the fence all the way across the table and they interfear on some setups.
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You can make your own table.
This is one that I recently made.
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Nice Radial ram drill.
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"This is one that I recently made."
Where did you get the fence and associated hardware?
