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Posted by Dannielle on August 12, 2008, 3:52 pm
Ok, so my poor Bernina is starting to cry about being used on the
dining room table. She wants her own table in the sewing room, and I
haven't the faintest idea what to look for! The only cabinet I am
aware of is the Horn. But does it fit every machine? Is there
something else I should be looking at?
Give me the things you like/hate about your sewing table/cabinet.
Give me things that I should be looking for (or things that I
definitely shouldn't be looking for) so that I can start figuring out
an appropriate home for my baby Bernie. It's an Artista 165, if
that's important at all!
TIA,
Dannielle
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Posted by Polly Esther on August 12, 2008, 5:00 pm
One day I am going to shoot up to my height goal of 5'10". Meanwhile, I
have being short to deal with. I searched a long time for a sturdy SM table
that would adjust to whatever height I happened to be at the time.
The wonderful SM tables here are wood drafting tables. You can see what
I'm bragging about at www.amazon.com and they call them 'multi-use writing
table w/1 drawer'. They are very nicely constructed. We've actually had
guys who love to work with nice wood designs climb around them to take
measurements and notes.
The table tilts if you want to try tilting your SM for better vision.
(Didn't like that.) It has a groove across the front edge and holds lots of
good stuff and there's a small drawer for the other tools you need handy.
Best yet - it adjusts all the way down to 25" from the floor which puts the
bed of the SM at the right height for me. They're about $ 125.
Whatever you choose, do pick one that is rugged. I'm astounded at the SM
dealers who set their lovely machines on flimsy tables that bow in the
middle from the weight. That's almost as dumb as running a $6,000 with an
old bent needle. Polly
"Dannielle" <wrote> Ok, so my poor Bernina is starting to cry about being
used on the
> dining room table. She wants her own table in the sewing room, and I
> haven't the faintest idea what to look for! The only cabinet I am
> aware of is the Horn. But does it fit every machine? Is there
> something else I should be looking at?
>
> Give me the things you like/hate about your sewing table/cabinet.
> Give me things that I should be looking for (or things that I
> definitely shouldn't be looking for) so that I can start figuring out
> an appropriate home for my baby Bernie. It's an Artista 165, if
> that's important at all!
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Posted by Dannielle on August 12, 2008, 8:08 pm
> One day I am going to shoot up to my height goal of 5'10". Meanwhile, I
> have being short to deal with. I searched a long time for a sturdy SM table
> that would adjust to whatever height I happened to be at the time.
> The wonderful SM tables here are wood drafting tables. You can see what
> I'm bragging about atwww.amazon.comand they call them 'multi-use writing
> table w/1 drawer'. They are very nicely constructed. We've actually had
> guys who love to work with nice wood designs climb around them to take
> measurements and notes.
> The table tilts if you want to try tilting your SM for better vision.
> (Didn't like that.) It has a groove across the front edge and holds lots of
> good stuff and there's a small drawer for the other tools you need handy.
> Best yet - it adjusts all the way down to 25" from the floor which puts the
> bed of the SM at the right height for me. They're about $ 125.
> Whatever you choose, do pick one that is rugged. I'm astounded at the SM
> dealers who set their lovely machines on flimsy tables that bow in the
> middle from the weight. That's almost as dumb as running a $6,000 with an
> old bent needle. Polly
>
Oh Polly. I wish I had a tiny speck of your humor! I laugh at almost
every post you make on this newsgroup and I look forward to reading
every day! I, too, am vertically challenged (in my own mind at
least). I do want to make sure I am getting a table at a proper
height, so I was looking at ones that have a power lift. I can sew
sitting or standing (for a change of pace). But I had forgotten about
the tilt affect. Sometimes that sounds like a neat thing, but I think
I would want to try it out for myself.
Thanks for the thoughts! I'm making a list, and checking it
twice...which reminds me....we are only about 4 1/2 months from
Christmas aren't we?
Dannielle
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Posted by Polly Esther on August 12, 2008, 8:58 pm
Not exactly, Dannielle. It seems to me that lots of folks start putting up
their Christmas trees and decorations the Friday after Thanksgiving.
We will tell no jokes before it is time.
Meanwhile, back to the sewing machine table, there's a 'real' one here
with a Singer that folds down inside. That one sits about 3" higher than
the drafting tables (even with the SM set in). Did you follow that? To
compensate, I crank my chair up higher and put the foot control on a hefty
phone book. Not something I'd like to do for a long session. Good luck
with your search; it's worth it to have everything as right as you can get
it. Polly
"Dannielle" <wrote, in part> Thanks for the thoughts! I'm making a list,
and checking it
> twice...which reminds me....we are only about 4 1/2 months from
> Christmas aren't we?
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Posted by John on August 12, 2008, 5:13 pm
> Ok, so my poor Bernina is starting to cry about being used on the
> dining room table. =A0She wants her own table in the sewing room, and I
> haven't the faintest idea what to look for! =A0The only cabinet I am
> aware of is the Horn. =A0But does it fit every machine? =A0Is there
> something else I should be looking at?
>
> Give me the things you like/hate about your sewing table/cabinet.
> Give me things that I should be looking for (or things that I
> definitely shouldn't be looking for) so that I can start figuring out
> an appropriate home for my baby Bernie. =A0It's an Artista 165, if
> that's important at all!
>
> TIA,
>
> Dannielle
I have found that most of the ready made cabinets that house sewing
machines, don't have enough leg room for me to move around in while I
sew. You have to assume the position that they want you to assume when
they build the cabinet. Now, if that position is one that you would
have taken yourself, then fine, but don't try to do something
different, as to leg placement. You will run into the side wall of the
cubby hole of that pricey cabinet. Now, if the priority is to hide
your sewing machine in plain sight, then a cabinet might have some
utility, but once again at the cost of mobility of position. I have
chosen to use sewing tables constructed for the express purpose of
being able to move across the whole front of the sewing table to do
various things while sewing. This has proven to be the most efficient
use of space for me. Put all the accessories in some other cabinet and
leave the sewing area for sewing. I came to this conclusion not only
by trial and error, but by looking at what a professional sewist uses
in a commercial setting. Most often, the industrial machines are
tables with unlimited leg space underneath them and no cabinetry
anywhere to be found. You have to ask yourself; are they trying to
tell you something? They would use cabinets if it made more sense to
do so, but it doesn't. They sew for hours on end and comfort is the
overriding factor in having a productive workforce. If the sewist is
not comfortable, then they are not going to be able to devote full
attention to the job at hand. You don't have to be a cabinet maker to
do a table top set-up. You can go the the home improvement stores and
combine off the shelf items to make the sewing table that will work
for you. Sewing height is one of the most important things to
consider. I made my tables purposefully tall and cut the legs down in
small increments until I hit on the sweet spot for myself. That turned
out to be 26-1/2" tall from the floor to the top of the table. With a
free arm machine on the table and ready to sew, it brings the angle of
my elbow to 90 degrees as it extends my forearm out from the elbow
when seated and ready to sew. This is the most desirable position. I
have a smaller table placed at right angle to the end of the sewing
table so that I can put either a small ironing pad and an iron, or a
serger, depending on if I am quilting, or construction clothes. I am
able to just spin and do which ever job I need to do without getting
up and going over to an ironing board or serger in some other area of
the room. The other thing to do is get an adjustable height sewing
chair that is made for the purpose. They look like office chairs, but
don't have arms, and are made to have all the adjustments that will
allow for height and back angle correction so that you have the
perfect sitting position. I just spent 9 hours straight, the other
day, sewing a quilt and I would not have been able to do it without
those two items, which made that marathon sewing endeavor possible. If
you only sew for short periods, you might not notice the effects of
long hours of sewing. But let me tell you, you won't want to go back
the next day for more pain if you don't have the most perfect sewing
station, of whatever kind, to pull those kinds of hours of work off.
Give these ideas some thoughts. They have proven to be useful for
commercial sewing shops, and they have worked for me, and many another
sewist, who spend long hours at the machine. I know those cabinets
will all the cute little drawers look intriguing, but from a
production standpoint, they don't stand the test of time, at least,
for me.
John
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