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Posted by dealer83 on November 5, 2009, 10:33 pm
Holy cow, it's a work of art! Beauty and function in one piece...you
are a man of talent both in sewing and furntiure building. Donna
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Posted by Ruby on November 5, 2009, 7:34 pm
beautiful table.
Ruby
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Posted by Joanna on November 5, 2009, 8:23 pm
Very nice. I sure wish you were here and could teach me to use a router.
Although I'm sure I'll figure it out. We plan on making a built in
bookcase for the master bedroom when we eventually finish actually
putting up wall. You do such wonderful work.
Thanx
Joanna
John wrote:
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> 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
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Posted by John on November 5, 2009, 9:22 pm
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> Very nice. I sure wish you were here and could teach me to use a router.
> Although I'm sure I'll figure it out. We plan on making a built in
> bookcase for the master bedroom when we eventually finish actually
> putting up wall. You do such wonderful work.
> Thanx
> Joanna
> John wrote:
> > 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
There are some books out that deal with using a router for various
furniture making purposes. You might check some of those out, and see
if they can give you some guidance. I actually don't use a router
much. Only for adding a couple of molding profiles to the edges of
some types of trim. I cut all of the dovetails by hand and can do that
almost as fast as if I set up a router to do the various cuts that
make that joint possible. They have jigs that automate the cutting of
that joint, somewhat, but they make a rather uniform and machine made
joint that is not as artistic looking as a hand cut joint. Nor does it
give the same sense of accomplishment to me that a series of hand cut
joints with saw and chisels does. That might be a point of personal
preference with me, but the hand work is what I enjoy doing, not the
production of large volumes of work. Glad you liked the table.
John
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Posted by Edna Pearl on November 5, 2009, 11:03 pm
Lovely, John. I am also starting to notice the alarming rate at which you
turn out these wooden works of art!
I also wondered why you did not make the cabinet so as to set the machine
down in it, and your explanation makes sense.
I know you will enjoy using this latest piece!
ep
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>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
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> 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