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woodpekr · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject: Extension Tables

I use one of these

when I'm sewing it really helps me a lot to have a large flat area adjacent to the needle.

I just found out about this

anybody else using one or have other suggestions?

Click the images above for more info.
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kitedog · Joined: 26 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

I use the extension table that is pictured in the top photo.

I haven't made any kites, yet. I got my machine a few months ago and I'm currently learning to sew. I have taken a couple of quilting classes and I find it is easier to do smaller projects with a large flat surface.

The other great thing about the upper table is it is clear and you can put a light source below it and you have a nice ligth table.

I was at a sewing class and one of the gals told me I could have gone to a local glass shop that would have fabricated one for half the price. But that info was a little late, hehe.

The only other thing that I like but don't have is a sewing table that allows the bottom of your machine to rest level with the table. I tried one out on a larger quilt and it worked great, even better than the plexiglass table.

For smaller projects and portability the smaller table can't be beat.

Arns

kiteguy · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject:

Mine is similar to the top one. However, I made it myself. I got a piece of Formica topped sink cutout from a kitchen counter top. Got it at a garage sale for 50 cents. I made the cutout to match my machine, and put some hunks of an old broom handle for legs. I did go to the store to get some plastic gliders to fasten to the bottom of the "legs". It does NOT work as a light table, though! Speak to the hand

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KiteSquid · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:33 am Post subject:

I have made two like the "Sew-Steady" but much bigger.

I bought some acrlic sheet at the BORG (home depot) and cut it with a router.

I rounded the edges.

but you should see the ones that Glenn Haynes made on a CNC router or sign maker... Nice!!!!!!!!!!
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P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Shocked

Doesent he ever shut up???

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Dorsal · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

$119 for that piece of molded plastic?? And $39 more for a fluorescent bulb?? Holy $#!^, I'm in the wrong business. And to think, I only paid $97 for the entire pressed-wood sewing cabinet, now I have an opportunity to more than double my costs by placing a piece of "patent pending" molded plastic on top of it. Shocked

I noticed the makers of the P.E.T. live in Santa Cruz, CA. That explains quite a bit to the rest of us that live near the Bay Area. Rolling Eyes