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A DIY Contraption for Height-Adjustable Drill Press Outfeed Support

By Rain Noe - August 31, 2017

in DIY | Hand Tools

Tell me if you've been in this situation:

1. You need to put holes in a very long workpiece using your drill press.

2. You find clamping the piece to the bed impractical or impossible.

3. You decide that rigging up proper-height outfeed support is too time-consuming.

4. You say "Screw it, I'll eyeball it with a hand drill."

5. Then you have to live with the off-plumb results.

To avoid this problem, French craftsman Boris Beaulant created this small-footprint contraption. Its height can quickly be adjusted in order to match whatever altitude you've set the drill press table at. "It can be adjusted from 10cm to 35cm, providing versatility," writes Beaulant.

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"To avoid premature wear and increase the rigidity of the assembly, all pivots have been made with an aluminum sleeve through which the clamping screw passes."

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What do you folks normally do/use in this situation?

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Jason Ho

7 years ago

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The less elegant, but tried, tested and true solution of stacking things underneath.

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martin nemzow

4 years ago

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Comment on thisAm I missing a parts list or schematic?

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