Take It Up a Notch

Table and Fence with Over / Under DC

- Willie Sandry

I’ve long dreamed of a drill press with dust collection both above and below the table. The Infinity DPT-200 with PRO fence is a nice place to start, because the hollow aluminum fence extrusion has a cutout for excellent topside collection. Plus, the ample-sized laminated table surface has four T-Tracks and will improve many basic drill presses with small tables. To add the lower dust collection port, I cut a 3 x 3" hole below the sacrificial insert. I secured a scrap of 1/2" MDF towards the back of the opening, to limit the cutout size to what I needed. Then a plunge router and guide bushing were used to complete the opening. Finally, I shortened the length Of the Infinity sacrificial insert, which is just a piece of 1/2" MDF, to allow it to slide to the rear of the ta