Drill Press stand / storage

[cr500dom]

Just starting this so I can update as I go.

Im taking the opportunity that Lockdown / working from home / home schooling presents to try and get my Garage abit more organised.

I am running out of horizontal surfaces to put stuff on, which tells me I need to get more organised.

I have a really nice drill press which currently stands on the horrible wooden waste of space it arrived with.

Please excuse the mess and extension leads too, that is also part of the garage upgrade..... a proper electrical installation which is underway now.

this is just dead space, which could be put to far better use.

So I figured it would be a good idea to get all my Drills and Tooling in the same space near the drill and out of one of my rollcabs, thereby freeing up space better utilised for tool storage along side the car.

Searching for a similar sized drawer unit to the wooden structure lead me to this:

A nice Halfords Hang on drawer unit for a rollcab, seems well made and discounted I think it was about £80 from their ebay shop (Probably beacause its not Red or Black)
It perfect for what I need, roller bearing drawer slides, decent capacity and about the right size to fit under the drill

I also have some nice castors, so I just need to decide now whether I make a frame / table to straddle the drawer unit and a tray with castors to sit the drawer unint in.
Or do I make a complete moveable drill press stand with storage (Which was my first thought) ?

Ive not cut any steel yet so I am open to suggestions ?

Cheers
Dom

 

[Ashley Burton]

@cr500dom That's a tidy unit, Was it expensive & is the build quality good?

 

[nickk]

@cr500dom That's a tidy unit, Was it expensive & is the build quality good?

He already stated “well made and £80”.

 

[Ashley Burton]

He already stated “well made and £80”.

Sorry I skim read it, Well spotted!

 

[Wallace]

You will probably find it top heavy and liable to tip with castors on the small footprint of that cabinet.

 

[cr500dom]

You will probably find it top heavy and liable to tip with castors on the small footprint of that cabinet.

So Better to have a stationary frame to take the drill and have only the cabinet on castors ?

 

[Wallace]

So Better to have a stationary frame to take the drill and have only the cabinet on castors ?

Do you need to move the drill about? As a bench drill you might find it easier to use sat on or at bench height and sit the cabinet beneath.

 

[cr500dom]

Do you need to move the drill about? As a bench drill you might find it easier to use sat on or at bench height and sit the cabinet beneath.

It sits in an awkward spot between my cast iron surface / fabrication table and my bench folder. So not really room for a bench as such.
Having it mobile was just to give me as much flexibility as possible and the ability to pull it out and clean around it as much as anything ?

Id be tempted to hang it off the wall but its only single skin brick so floor standing will be better

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I'm planning the same thing witb my drill, I was looking to make a frame to sti the box on, to out the casters to the side of the box making the footprint larger but keeping the weight down lower by not lifting it up 100mm + with the casters.

 

[Ali]

Footmaster castors are good and there are cheaper knock-offs around that are supposedly ok quality. I’m planning to mount my Myford lathe on a set when I get round to building a steel frame for the cabinet.

 

[cr500dom]

I'm planning the same thing witb my drill, I was looking to make a frame to sti the box on, to out the casters to the side of the box making the footprint larger but keeping the weight down lower by not lifting it up 100mm + with the casters.

Nice idea, thank you, I might steal that ;o)

 

[Wallace]

How about adding a table top to the drawers the same size as the castor footprint overhanging the front to keep swarf out of the drawers and making it easier to park next to other equipment? You could also add a bit of weight underneath too, cast some concrete in there. Fixed rear castors and swivelling front with separate levelling feet will stop it wobbling in use.