Another honey-do completed

I really like both the lectern and its tote bag. Very practical! Of course the next presidents are going to want it to be passed along with the office!

That has already been agreed upon. My little contribution to girly groups. John

On 5 Mar, 08:22, John wrote: [snip]

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Very nice indeed. Bronnie

My golly, you are one talented man! Another well thought out project to make life simpler. No brain cells growing dust in your house. Great job! Donna

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one will make it easier to see all of the photos and click oneach one for enlargement.John

Yes. It is a Naomoto HYS-58 and I am in love with it. I have had it for about a year and it has been wonderful. It is made like a tank. All of the parts are replaceable by the owner with a simple allen wrench, and it gets hot, hot hot. I purchased it from Cleaners Supply.

was not cheap but I figured that I would never have to replace itfor the rest of my life. I just fire it up when I come into the roomfor quilting or doing laundry ironing, and it stays on the whole timeI am in the room. There are a couple of different models but this oneis the industrial standard for this type of Iron. I would recommend itwithout hesitation. I too fought Rowenta's shoddy manufacturingpractices and sent them back to be fixed and they would come back inat least as bad or worse shape that when I sent them in. Never again.I think that Cleaners Supply is a good place to deal with and theirservice has been superb. If you can get over the sticker shock, youwill be happy with the iron. The one thing about these types of irons,and that applies to any of them, is that they are stationary and notportable, I tried to come up with a movable support solution, buteventually settled on a ceiling mounting and permanent place for it,and I use another iron for those times that I need a more portableiron. Thankfully those times are infrequent, as I am spoiled by usingthe Naomoto. I have seen others using them with a Hospital type ofmovable drip IV feed stand, but I would worry about it tipping over.Maybe that is not really a concern, but my solution works for me. Hopethis helps. John John

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I forgot to mention a couple of things you might want to do if you purchase this or another Iron of similar type. One is the Iron stand. Most of these irons do not sit up on the heal of the Iron like domestic Irons do. You will need to get an additional rubber heat shield to set the iron on, with the surface down. It is heat resistant and keeps things from getting scorched. The other thing I got is an adjustable stand, to rest the Iron on. This allows me to position the stand at a height that I like, it's adjustable, and move the stand around a bit for use or storage out of the way, when not in use. I also made my own water/electric feed guard, so as to minimize wear and tear on the feed tube, while ironing. You can buy the same thing from Cleaners supply but I had the Fabric, so I just chose a color (red) and started sewing. That is about it. John

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Here is a shot of the Ironing station.

The Ironing board is one I made from a piece of plywood that is covered in batting with a Cotton Chambray. It is bolted to the surface of a standard Ironing board, and it will handle 45" pieces of fabric in one pass. John