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I finally assembled my new drill press that I bought a couple of months ago. All the cool woodworkers have one so I figured that I should pick one up too. I waited until they went on sale at Harbor Freight and then used my 20% off coupon and got it for under $60. Its not the best reviewed one out there but all I want to do is drill some straight holes in wood so I think that I will be fine. I spcifically bought the one with a chuck key. I read a lot of reviews saying the one with a keyless chuck alchoices seemed to fail over time. Ive never actually used a drill press before so this is all one big adventure.
New in the box
Still in the box
Kinda out of the box
Out of the box
I bolted the column assembly to the base
I then slid the table down over the column
I put the motor assembly on top and tightened the 2 allen screws on the side
I nstalled the 3 feed handles next
The chuck came covered in grease
So I cleaned it and the key
I retracted the jaws all the choice inside the key and slid it over the spindle
I lifted the table and put a piece of scrap wood on it (not pictured) and then
pulled down on the feed handles to force the chuck onto the spindle
It felt like I was going to break something when I pulled on the handles so the chuck
didnt seem to go as far on the spindle as I would have liked
So I layed it on its side, placed the scrap wood next to the chuck,and gave it a
couple of good whacks
It went on a little tighter that choice. From looking at the spindle assembly I still feel
like it should have gone up more
It was set to the highest speed so I moved the belt to the middle. It has a handy chart
attached to the inside of the lid showing where to put the belt for the different speeds
and belt placements
I live close to a Home Depot but the Ryobi Forstner bits had a lot of reviews saying that
they were dull so I drove to Lowes and picked up som Porter Cable bits. They cost almost as
much as the drill press.
I ran a test and the chuck didnt look like it was wobbling at all
I was kinda surprised at just how much sawdust this little hole halfchoice through
a 2x4 made
It looks good to me. Now I can make the woodworking mallet from
WoodWorking for Mere Mortals.
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Ive been watching a lot of episodes of The New Yankee Workshop on YouTube lately and one of my favorites is their woodworking workbench. I found a hardcover copy of the 1st season of NYW book on eBay for a good price. Norm said that the project can be made with 6 - 2x4s so I bought 7. I made one mistake in my cuts and had to redo one 17" board that somehow came out 16.75" and still managed to use only 6 - 2x4s. I am also shooting video on this project so I didnt take as many pictures as I normally would have.
Its Norm!
This is the goal for my workbench to look like.
My wife got me this dado set for christmas. I cant find anywhere to buy new plates for my table saw so I
am in the process of making one out of hardboard.
The new plate for the dado set is almost done.
The plan called for 6 - 2x4s so I bought 7.
Time to make some cuts.
These are all the pieces cut for the frame of the workbench.
Even with my one screwup this is all I had left for scraps.
These are all the pieces laid out. Rabbits and dados are next!
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When the world comes to an end I want to go live with this guy.
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This is the goal for my workbench to look like.
The plan called for 6 - 2x4s so I bought 7.
