I had a Delta floor standing drill press for several years and made a crude but useful X/Y table for it. I sold that drill press and replaced it with a Nova Voyager direct drive model. I finally got around to making an X/Y table for it. Just finished and installed this morning.

The drill's table is 16.5" square. This X/Y table can move 8.25" forward, and 8.25" both left and right (16.5" total).

3/8"-16 all thread moves the table 1/16" per 360 rotation of the handle. 1/2 turn moves it 1/32". Quarter turn moves it 1/64".

Clamp a board close to where you want the hole to be, then move the table to put your mark directly under the drill bit.

The clamps shown are temporary. I'll be making a few more of the wood clamps I use on my CNC to use here. Linear rails salvaged from an old project serve to slide the table easily.

Table bolts down through existing holes in the OEM table.

4D

Details now live on my blog: XY Table

Very nicely built 4D. Thanks for the detailed buld.

Thanks for the blog explanation. Just curious, do the slides have bearings to reduce friction?

1 hour ago, lew said:

Thanks for the blog explanation. Just curious, do the slides have bearings to reduce friction?

Yes. Linear slide rails. Salvaged from a plywood frame CNC I built many years back but don't use for any more. Google images "linear slide rails" to see what they look like.

Thanks, I tried to make a device for my lathe a long time ago. It was for spiral twists. Used some drawer slides as linear slides. Was my device was not very successful.