My new drill stand
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This is a little story about my bit of DIY I carried out on Saturday. Now when I went to school I was pony at wood work so I don’t know why I started this task, but it has been in my head for the last 2 years and the fact that I have been using my drill press a lot at the min forced my hand.



Ok as you can see when I used the drill I had to kneel on the floor, NOT very good when lots of speed holes need doing. So I looked for something that I could buy, but I could not find anything that fitted the bill. As I don’t have much room in the “Man Cave”, space saving was at the front of my mind, and then
cost. So I stated with my little blue book that I make notes in about the car, and all things like that, and I started drawing up what I was looking for, what sizes I would like and what would fit in the space allocated in the corner of the cave. I only wanted to pay for 1 sheet of ply and I worked it out so I could get the sawmill to cut the sheets into strips for me as I only have my low slung sports car to move this stuff about.

So the plan was set with the best of Military precision. A list of bits was made and final plans were drawn then before I knew it, it was 2am Friday so off I went to bed.



At 08.30 on Saturday morning I set off on my quest to the world of the DIY’er, First to B&Q and well let’s just say I could of got a Snap on stand for the price they was charging! Then I headed to Travis Perkins where they said they could not cut the sheet up, but he did send me to a wood specialist. Tiptop all the bits I needed in one place, then off to Tool station for cheap screws, coasters, and handles. By 10:30 I was heading back to the house with a load of wood in the back and £40 lighter.



At this point I still had loads of enthusiasm for the task and I don’t have any wood working type of tools i.e. battery drills, so after screwing 4 screws in by hand I plugged my drill in and turned the speed down, then it started raining so up went the tarp.



Fast forward 9hrs and I now have a very over engineered stand with 2 big draws for my air tools and stuff with a top draw for drill bits, I am happy with how it turned out but this is not something I think I will ever do again if I can help it.



Then it was out with the boys for a night on the beer.

simon.

Edited by madmk1 on 21st Oct, 2012.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

nice work

Done now needs redoing lol

Proper job that. way better than my dexian mashup.

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Thanks lads, its very over engineered as its made out of 18mm ply, but like jo said when she seen it today it will last like the bench i made 6 years ago lol

Edited by madmk1 on 21st Oct, 2012.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Cant beat some diy

looks good mate, i hate working with wood lol

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Not that I am any good at it, but I like working with wood, just because it is so easy to cut and drill compared to steel! Imagine trying to cut through a piece of steel 4x2" with a handsaw, you'd be there all day and have arms like Popeye, but timber is a piece of piss, I can cut it on the piss too!

I like the cleanness of wood, im a chippy as my main trade. But with wood you cant add back to it like you can with, metal so in some ways metal work is easier.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 21st Oct, 2012.

Oh and forgot to say, the drill stands looking good mate. Especially for a non diyer.

Haha thanks mate.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Looks good. I'm lazy though. I just acquired a metal laser printer from work...

Nice work thr mate, b&q is a right rip off. I only go thr if I've time to kill but then get pestered by people thinking I work thr. I'm too polite to say no and always end up helping if I can (especially if its a fit lass :)

looks good simon :)

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