I appreciate you showing your design process and explaining why you chose specific features. There are a LOT of woodworking channels, but the vast majority only show cutting, assembly, and the final product. Whether it’s fine furniture or shop furniture (which can still be very nice), going through a designing process can make all the difference.
I'm finding this video way late, but I'm glad I did. Dude, I just bought a Jet 12" and need to build a stand. I swear to god, nearly identical to the dimensions you've got here. I dig your work and humble style. I'm stealing this build. Subscribed.
This is really meticulous and thoughtful work, and I sincerely appreciate that you put so much detail and effort in. Thank you very much! Your additional text is also quite humorous at places.
I stumbled across your video because I am also interested in the Shop Fox 1668 model. It was very informative and inspiring. I really enjoyed the design drawings. I previously used CAD and Civil3D for work and have not thought to use it yet for simple house projects. Seems like it would speed up and simplify any cutting. Great video!
I've been using Autocad since the early '90s so for me it's just the natural way to do things. It allows you to quickly look at several possibilities too, such as when I've drawn a deck and want to look at several deck board patterns and think through what it would take to support angles, etc... As far as the drill press I haven't used it a lot yet, though I did drill some 3-1/2" holes with a Forstner bit which is a serious test. I couldn't get aggressive with the pressure or the bit would stall but it went through decently, so power is good for any average task.
I’m laughing! Mostly at myself. Just started building a drill press table for this exact same drill press. I wouldn’t even know where to begin with a “CAD program” if That’s what you called it. Me, it’s a sketch and measurements on a piece of paper, but my measurements ended up with a 28” High cabinet/box with 3” tall castors, totally 4” so total height came to 32” 21” deep and I too picked up on those narrow made drill press cabinets. Made mine 26” wide, I only have a two car garage that I like to keep my cars in, so I wanted a small shop vac under it cause I don’t have a central vac system. I’ll have one deep drawer that’ll have a sliding shelf to divide up the space. Forster bits on the bottom and the most usable things on top. Doors to hide the shop vac. I’m going to create the door & drawer frames & do a resin design for the inside panels. My chance to justify buying some & experimenting for future Xmas gifts. Mine is stained black, out of Home Depot lumber, won’t go that route again. Too much work to get it to look good. Awesome build! Loved it
Super video. In the market for this drill press so found your video. Love the design process as well, very efficient use of materials and demonstration of reasoning process. Thanks for sharing! My only question is about the drawers and miters, what might you do differently? Meaning, as you put it, if you were designing it for a client? Again excellent👍👍. Also a definite subscribe!
As I think of it, you could do everything the same design wise and instead of having the miters in front, just square the front and drawer edges and add an edging, possibly in a darker wood for some contrast and no need to have the sharp edges of themiters when opening. Anyway thx again for some amazing ideas.
@@victoryak86 If a client wanted similar corners I would be using solid wood, not plywood, not terrible if you're careful but just last week I brushed the edge of an open drawer front and pulled a little piece of plywood off..
Just ran into this so disregard my comments on Your assembly video just curious about the CAD program that you’re running thank you for your help in advance
Subbed! I appreciated hearing your thought process during the design process and seeing the creative solutions you came up with to address them. How has the drill press been performing for you? Has the working height of the table proven to be comfortable? Have you found the belts becoming easier to change speed settings after some use? Thanks for sharing this great information!
I actually haven't used it much overall so I don't have too much to add. I've left it on the slowest speed so far as it works with whatever Forstner bit I throw in it. Working height is right on. Thanks, Dan
