Rolling bench top drill press cabinet

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  • JeffH
    Forum Newbie
    • Jan 2004
    • 78
    • Sacramento, CA.

    Rolling bench top drill press cabinet

    Finished this today, finally. Haven't even chucked a bit into the DP yet...but at least I have a nice place to put it! In case any of you recognize me from my earlier post about "Craftsman Red", I had to have HD color match it. It came out pretty well, I think. Now for a drill press table...

    -Jeff







    EDIT: NEW PICTURES!







  • Otter
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 865
    • Cumming, GA, USA.
    • Delta Left Tilt UniSaw

    #2
    That is sweet
    All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible

    T.E. Lawrence

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    • monte
      Forum Windbag
      • Dec 2002
      • 5242
      • Paw Paw, MI, USA.
      • GI 50-185M

      #3
      Looks great Jeff!
      Monte (another darksider)
      Reporting Live from somewhere near Kalamazoo

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      • GeekMom
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2004
        • 752
        • Bonney Lake, WA.
        • Shopsmith Mark V

        #4
        Nice cabinet, Jeff.
        Karen
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        • mater
          Veteran Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 4197
          • SC, USA.

          #5
          Looks like the paint matched up good. Great job.
          Ken aka "mater"

          " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

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          • PlaneDawg
            Forum Newbie
            • Feb 2005
            • 10
            • New Brunswick, Canada.

            #6
            very nice. How is it for stability? does it want to tip, or run away?

            Paul

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            • BobSch
              • Aug 2004
              • 4385
              • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
              • BT3100

              #7
              Looks great, and I like the matching casters.
              Bob

              Bad decisions make good stories.

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              • JeffH
                Forum Newbie
                • Jan 2004
                • 78
                • Sacramento, CA.

                #8
                quote:Originally posted by PlaneDawg

                very nice. How is it for stability? does it want to tip, or run away?

                Paul
                It's very stable. It's all 3/4 MDF, and the top and bottom are double thick. It has to weigh at least 50 lbs, empty. Also, the two front casters are swivel/ double locking, so when they are locked it's not going anywhere. A little preliminary testing showed that with all four casters unlocked, even if I push HARD on the top of the DP, the cabinet will move before it wants to tip.

                -Jeff

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                • Penzance
                  Forum Newbie
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 31
                  • Montco, PA, USA.

                  #9
                  Could you re-up the pictures? They're not showing right now.
                  Derek

                  "33 M to P" according to the marker by the road...

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                  • lrogers
                    Veteran Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 3853
                    • Mobile, AL. USA.
                    • BT3000

                    #10
                    Yeah, what Derek said. I don't get the infamous little red "x", but I don't get to see pictures either.
                    Larry R. Rogers
                    The Samurai Wood Butcher
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                    • JeffH
                      Forum Newbie
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 78
                      • Sacramento, CA.

                      #11
                      Ack! I think the "upload" function is broken. At least it was last night when I tried from home...don't have the pictures at work with me. I'll try again tonight.

                      -Jeff

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                      • Woodnut
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 605
                        • Modesto, CA, USA.
                        • BT3000

                        #12
                        Did you go with the red and black motif to match the whole "Craftsman" thing?
                        Woodnut
                        "I should know better, but where's the fun in that?!"

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                        • lrogers
                          Veteran Member
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 3853
                          • Mobile, AL. USA.
                          • BT3000

                          #13
                          That did out nice. Good storage and choice of color too.
                          Larry R. Rogers
                          The Samurai Wood Butcher
                          http://splash54.multiply.com
                          http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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                          • JeffH
                            Forum Newbie
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 78
                            • Sacramento, CA.

                            #14
                            quote:Originally posted by Woodnut

                            Did you go with the red and black motif to match the whole "Craftsman" thing?
                            But of course! It's not that I'm a BIG Craftsman fan, but they make some decent stuff. I figured the cabinet may as well match. If I ever get around to building a mobile base with wide table kit for my BT3 (which I don't even have yet [:I] ) it will probably wind up blue and yellow. Raw MDF is pretty "icky", in my opinion.

                            -Jeff

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                            • KomaToast
                              Established Member
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 182
                              • Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

                              #15
                              Is that a BTS? I see in the background?

                              Keith

                              http://BT3000.com

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