New sewing table finished

Posted by John on November 5, 2009, 4:53 pm

I have finished a 5 drawer sewing table for use with my Janome 1600. I
decided to build one just for this machine as the various parts and
feet and other items, that pertain to this machine, were scattered
around the room in various places, and the machine felt like an
orphan. I am still in the process of fitting small dividers in the
various drawers to separate and house the 30+ industrial feet and the
walking foot. There will also be dividers for the tools and stitch
plates, needles, and other items that never seemed to find a permanent
home until now. Plenty of extra room to hold large 3000 yard cones of
thread in the bottom drawer. I will probably get back into using this
machine more, now that it has a place for everything that pertains to
it. The dimensions are 42" long by 24" deep. I placed it perpendicular
to the window so that it can pass large quilts through the harp,
without jamming up the fabric behind the machine into the window, as
has happened with large quilts before. The table and stand are Cherry,
but the top is Maple. That is a much more rugged wood for serious
manhandling of needle saturated fabric which does tend to scratch the
Cherry surfaces after a lot of heavy usage. Another couple of days and
the compartmentalized drawers will be done, and I can get back to
doing some sewing. The link below will tell the tale.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ljtaylor33/SewingRoom#5400734737256428530

John

Posted by Sunny on November 5, 2009, 6:38 pm

John, beautiful work, as usual. I'm curious why you didn't make the
table so the machine could be flush with the top. Is there some part
of the machine's physique that requires keeping it above table?

Sunny

Posted by John on November 5, 2009, 7:33 pm

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I had that machine inset flush into a table for about a year and it
worked well enough. I then used to do a lot of quilting with that
machine. Since that time I have acquired a lot of industrial feet that
let me do some rather intricate clothing construction, much like an
industrial machine would do, and I prefer to have the machine
standing above the surface for that usage. I have a large extension
table that converts the machine to a flat surrounding surface, so now
I have the best of both worlds, for my purposes. I also use the table
for another machine sometimes and if there were a large cut out, then
it might limit my uses for that. I am dealing with a room that has to
be multifunctional because of it's size, so compromise is the name of
the game. In the best of all situations, I would have a whole bunch of
different machines set up and ready to go, but that is not in the
cards, for me, right now, do to the size constraints of the room I use
for sewing and quilting. Sigh!

John

Posted by Taria on November 5, 2009, 7:38 pm

I not not surprised at how beautiful this table is. It is wonderful
to see something that is so utilitarian be a fine crafted piece
of furniture. I wonder too why you didn't make the machine
flush with the tabletop. I have bet you have a reason for that
though. I'll look forward to seeing your next quilt get made
there.
Taria
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Posted by Sandy on November 6, 2009, 10:35 am

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curiosity about this one thing.

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