FILENAMES: DRILLPR1.jpg DRILLPR2.jpg DRILLPR3.jpg DRILLPR4.jpg DRILLPR5.jpg DRILLPR6.jpg DESCRIPTION: These are pictures of fitting a replacement for a drill press table. Posted by Chuck Fellows . Chuck provided the following description: ================================================================= The Drill Press Table shown in the accompanying pictures, DRILLPR1 - DRILLPR2 came about as a result of a slightly warped table that came with the press. At 12" in diameter, the original table was too big to fit in my 11" logan and face it off to true it up. One day when browsing my favorite junk yard, I came accross the table shown, pretty much as you see it. I had to turn the shank down a bit to fit the socket on the drill press and I also bored the center out to accept a 5C collet. And, of course, I faced it off to be sure it was not warped. The table is about 7 1/2" in diameter and a tad over 1" thick on the outside. There are 24 evenly spaced holes around the outside, accept that square chunks had been cut out on opposite sides of the table where hole number 12 and 24 (or 1 and 13 if you prefer) would be. Most things I can work around the missing holes and if worse comes to worse, I can kind of estimate the center of the opening. The index stop arm was formed from 1/8 thick hot rolled steel and attached to on the back to the tension bolt that locks the table to the column. A tapered pin was welded into the other end to fit into the holes around the perimeter of the table. I usually remove this arm if I'm not doing any indexing. In one of the pictures you can see a 3" three jaw chuck that's attached to 5C tapered shaft. Locking this into the 5c hole makes a nice arrangement for drilling indexed holes in anything round that will fit in the chuck. It would be nice to have a larger chuck, but I just happened to have this one looking for something to do. I use this table in the drill press all the time, even when I'm not indexing. It has no slots or grooves,is very flat, and large enough for most of the model type work I do. Anyone wanting to fabricate one of these could make one up from a disk and rod or tube for the shank. The rod could be press fitted, welded, or locktited into a hole drilled in the disk. I would probably make the hole in the table smaller than the rod then shoulder the rod to fit into the hole, but that's just my preference. If anyone wants more details, please email me at cdfellows@home.com Chuck Fellows