New sewing table finished

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

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

beautiful table. Ruby

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

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

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

Love the table! Hope you are taking advantage of the nice weather to get out and ride though! lol Plenty of time for indoor stuff shortly.

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Add me to the list. It's a gorgeous desk, John, but I will admit to curiosity about this one thing.

Wonderful table, John. Let us know how many quilts are made on her/him.

Do people even name their tables or just the sm?

Donna inWA

Great work, John! It's a pretty table and the Janome looks quite happy sitting there.

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

I wish I could view it! I can't get into your Flickr page, but I know it's probably stupendice as usual, John!! amy in CNY

Amy, That is because I have moved everything to Picasa. Here is the link.

John

Beautiful, John. Just beautiful.

-Irene

As I suspected...It's Just Gorgeous!!! As all your work is. =))

amy in CNY