Not everyone can afford to buy a drilling machine for the garage for amateur use, so for the DIYers, I offer my step-by-step instructions for making a wooden stand for a drill, with the bonus of being able to process it using a sanding drum.
Necessary materials:
- Wooden beams - 90x45 and 50x50 mm.
- Pieces of plywood 10 mm thick.
- Furniture ball guides with full extension 300 mm – 2 pcs.
- Spring (I purchased a suitable spring at a car dealership; I had to use two springs to set the length).
- Fasteners
Step-by-step instructions for making a wooden drill stand
1. Mark and secure the moving elements of the ball guides on the 90x45 beam.
The length of the beam must correspond to the length of the guides (in my case it is 30 cm).
2. For the racks, we will use a beam of a similar cross-section - you will need two sections of 70 cm each. We attach the counter parts of the guides to the racks using wood screws.
3. We connect the parts together and check the smooth running.
4. We attach a plywood base measuring 290x500 mm to the lower ends of the racks.For rigidity, we attach a 50x50 mm beam to the back of the future drilling machine.
5. Check the perpendicularity of the base and racks using a square.
You should not ignore this stage - the more accurate the assembly is at each step, the easier it will be to adjust the perpendicularity of the drill axis to the base at the last stage.
6. We reinforce the upper part of the rack with a 10 mm plywood overlay, the size of the overlay is 90x204 mm.
7. To secure the drill to the slide, I used an old handle that I found from another drill (you can use the stock handle if you don't use it).
We mark the outline. We saw off the excess (which will not affect the rigidity and will only interfere with work). We make a hole for the drill with a diameter several millimeters larger than the hole in the handle.
I secured the handle to a piece of board 20x90x300 mm using self-tapping screws.
8. Attach the bar with the handle to the slider using 5 self-tapping screws.
9. To fix the slider in the upper position, we use springs - with the help of two hooks and two springs, we obtain a reliable return of the slider to its original state, even with a heavy drill.
10. Check the perpendicularity again.
11. To adjust the angle and add rigidity, we attach a 50x50x90 mm block to the slider.
If necessary, adjust the angle of fastening of the slider elements to each other.
12. We manufacture a movable table with the ability to adjust the height of the table.
Required materials for the table:
The finished table (or rather parts of it):
Mount the table on the stand:
13. To drive the slider, we make handles from wooden blocks.
For installation, I used the fasteners that were on hand - M6, M10 bolts, M8 plumbing stud, washers and nuts.
14. The drill stand made from scrap materials is ready.
To make sanding possible, I made a small sanding drum.
Watch the video
You can see the process of making the drum, as well as the drill stand in action in the video:
