Fence
The POWERMATIC 18" Drill Press comes with a 2 ¾”-tall by 19 ¾”-wide fence. The fence has a pair of flat, extruded aluminum faces that can be opened to increase the overall support to 30”! Splitting the fence faces also
With the fence faces opened (left) the built-in dust port is revealed. The reveals the inlet for the built-in dust one-piece aluminum dust port and fence bracket (right) make aligning the collection that terminates in a 2”-
PM2800 fence system easy and very precise.diameter ID (2 ¼” OD) port that
angles out from the rear of the fence
to keep the hose out of the way. We offer a 4” to 2 ¼” OD, - 2” ID reducer (JWL1000) as an accessory to make connecting a dust collector hose easy.
The POWERMATIC 18" Drill Press table has a snap-in reducer at the center for drilling through holes. The reducer has an inside diameter of 1 ½” but when removed access to the full 3 ½”-diameter hole is provided. The large diameter hole in the table allows using many drum sanding attachments without the need for a separate jig.
The table can also be
tilted to 90-degrees to the left or right for working with long pieces. While tilted the table can still be moved left, right, up and down.
at any point. An easy to use spring-loaded pull pin indexes the table surface at 0, 45 and 90-degrees, again to the left or right. The entire table can also swing around the column to help drill in the ends of long work pieces or clear the way when using a work holding device in the POWERMATIC 18" Drill Press base.
Raising and lowering the table is also tool-free thanks to a locking lever at the column. A large, easy to turn crank moves the table up and down as needed.
At 14”-wide and 16”-deep, the main table surface is generous. However, in keeping with the large capabilities of the POWERMATIC 18" Drill Press, we added wings that expand table support to 21”-wide by 16” deep when fully closed. Slide the extensions out and the width grows to over 30”! Each table extension has a pair of lever locks making them totally tool-free.
The table tilts to 90-degrees to the left or right and can be locked
depth for using accessories such as a sanding drum.
Three large handles make plunging the spindle effortless, even when drilling large holes in tough woods. To make the POWERMATIC 18" Drill Press more easily used by all woodworkers we include an identical hub for the operating handles on the left side of the head assembly!
Expandable Table
We opened just the right table wing to show the dramatic difference these sliding wings offer. When working with large stock pieces, the PM2800 handles the job with ease.
