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Vertical Drill Press Setups

 
STEP 4 -- Drilling Round Stock
 
Mount the rip fence in the center of your worktable and tilt the table to 45? , forming a  V-Block.  Clamp scrap blocks to the table (or use V-Jig) to protect its surface.  Lower the quill and adjust your table to align your bit point with the intersection of the table and fence.  Insert workpiece and drill.
  STEP 5 -- Jig Drilling
 
The rip fence and miter gauge can be mounted and locked onto the table surface to form jigs for drilling identical holes in duplicate pieces of stock.
  To set up a jig, be sure all your pieces of stock are the identical dimension.  Mark the position of your hole(s) on one of your workpieces.  Position the rip fence, miter gauge and table tilt as required to support your stock while you drill.
 

Shown here are jigs for:

  1. Drilling dowel holes in a mitered furniture component.
  2. Drilling holes in a turned leg.
  3. Drilling screw pockets for joining furniture or cabinet components.
 
 

 

 

 

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