Please advise on a sewing machine cabinet

Or if you have a used furniture store, don't forget to check there. My sewing table is a very sturdy secondhand dresser with the legs cut off a few inches (can't remember how many). Its top is some kind of smooth composition but the rest is solid wood. Good-sized drawers: one shallow, one medium and one deep. It's worked well for me for many years and I think was all of $20.

Doreen in Alabama

That particular Arrow cabinet that you posted was at my local Sears Grand this morning. MIght be worth checking so see if one near you has one in stock.

Build or find yourself a "box" big enough to use as a footrest and pedal platform...

Kay

Or you can get a new one:

Personally, I'd probably get a small wooden table, saw the legs down to the correct height, cut a hole in the middle to drop the machine bed down level with the top, and put in a "shelf" that holds the machine at that level. If you want to raise the level of the machine, just drop a filler down onto the shelf and replace the machine.

Kay

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Thanks I will. And thanks to everyone for their input. I have a lot of good ideas now to solve the problem.

I have one just like the Series 300. I bought mine at Sears about 10 (?) years ago. I'm very happy with it, except for one thing. Why is the machine centered so that the needle area is always off to the sewer's left? I sometimes end up straddling the left side of the cabinet to be "in line" with my sewing!

Great! And (sorry to repeat myself) if you really are in Concord and can actually sew instead of want to learn to sew and would like a fluffy sewing buddy, my emailbox is always open -- mmeahan at sonic dot net. I live near Costco.

I always get people wanting to be my sewing buddy who expect me to teach them how to sew *exasperated look*

I do live in Concord (Landana) and thank you for the kind invitation. I know how to sew ( I made my wedding dress ) and put in my first zipper when I was 9. But never had much time or room so lost the knack and/or desire. I'm rusty now so I'm not too sure how useful I would be as a sewing buddy. I'll keep you in mind and please email me too if you need help with a fitting or hem marking, etc.

*beaming* Ahh, we are right in the same ball park. I am not tremendously advanced in sewing skills, but I hate having to explain EVERYTHING to someone. Rusty is perfectly fine -- I haven't had a lot of time myself to sew for the past 15 years compared to what I used to do. Please, PLEASE keep my name around, even if it's to go fabric store shopping together.

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