derekcohen
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When I purchased the Nova Voyager drill press as a Black Friday discount in November 2019, one of the discounts was a complementary Nova fence (this usually sells as an accessory). I built a table and added the Nova fence. The table is built from a 18" x 25" UHMW slab 30mm (1-1/4") thick I found in my local salvage yard.
It is a rather simple and basic fence. I found it too short. I also wanted to add dust extraction, and this looked like more more item to add (along with the Wixey laser and a table light - more in a while).
Then I came across the Sherwood drill press fence kit at Timbecon, one of our local stores. This is badged WoodRover drill press table in the USA. There is a video made by WoodCraft ...
It looked to be all that the Nova fence was not. Specifically, it has length ...
It also has a sliding sub-fence, which opens up to a dust collection port ...
This will keep the dust and shavings down when drilling with all drill bits, especially forstner bits, and also should enable the drill to double as a spindle sander (I would not wish to use one without dust control.
Adjustment is at the rear ...
This works well using the T-track I had installed.
Here is the Wixey laser I installed earlier this year ...
The down light is a rechargeable bicycle light, which I attached with a rare earth magnet. You can see how well it works. Cheap too ...
The Nova Voyager is a really wonderful drill press, and the new fence looks like it will be a good match.
Regards from Perth
Derek
It is a rather simple and basic fence. I found it too short. I also wanted to add dust extraction, and this looked like more more item to add (along with the Wixey laser and a table light - more in a while).
Then I came across the Sherwood drill press fence kit at Timbecon, one of our local stores. This is badged WoodRover drill press table in the USA. There is a video made by WoodCraft ...
It looked to be all that the Nova fence was not. Specifically, it has length ...
It also has a sliding sub-fence, which opens up to a dust collection port ...
This will keep the dust and shavings down when drilling with all drill bits, especially forstner bits, and also should enable the drill to double as a spindle sander (I would not wish to use one without dust control.
Adjustment is at the rear ...
This works well using the T-track I had installed.
Here is the Wixey laser I installed earlier this year ...
The down light is a rechargeable bicycle light, which I attached with a rare earth magnet. You can see how well it works. Cheap too ...
The Nova Voyager is a really wonderful drill press, and the new fence looks like it will be a good match.
Regards from Perth
Derek
