Comments on: to make : cutting table

By: excited » kelleyroooooo

excited » kelleyroooooo — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:51:57 +0000

[...] I’ve got a really great idea for the empty bedroom in my house. It’s going to be part craft room, part studio! I found an awesome diy craft/cutting table that I’d like to try out for sewing and making my jewelries. Then I’ll use the opposite wall to hang backdrops and setup lights and things. It’s going to be fabulous I tell ya. Just fabulous. [...]

By: Snow Bird

Snow Bird — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:05:57 +0000

Folks in my studio ( aka the utility room but it's got windows, built in shelves and a cement floor that I can't ruin) I have 2 found pieces of hard wood that my dad made into tables. They are supported by the wall with a hinge on one end and 2 lengths of chain hung from the rafters at the other. I can disconnect them drop the tables down when I don't need them. This has not happened yet though....
Since they are up against the wall cutting large fabrics was a challenge- even with O Weights. That is until Dad came up with an idea of attaching a smooth copper rod to the wall just above one of the tables and about a 1/2 inch away from the wall. ( It will spin) Now I put the end of the fabric under the rod and pull it over - and the selvages line up with no problem - and they stay there since the rod holds the fabric in place! The chains by the way make a handy place to hang garment pieces on a hanger while you are working, or with clothes pins .

By: megan

megan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:59 +0000

Minemee - I have a large plastic cutting mat, I prefer the Olfa ones, which I pull out to use whenever I have to cut something. Otherwise, I use the table primarily to pin fabric in place while I'm marking it. This works well for slippery or very delicate fabrics that shift around quite a lot.

By: minemee

minemee — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:08:10 +0000

I'm trying to make the same table. Why do you have to wrap the table with the paper or muslin? Wouldn't a rotary cutter just cut right through the paper?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:41:28 +0000

When I was setting up a similar project my Dh suggested using a large piece of 2" thick foam insulation left over from a construction project. We wrapped it in butcher paper, and voila--super cheap, very easily replaceable, and definitely deep enough for draping pins. After 5+ years I replaced it for about $4, and still had enough foam left to make a huge quilt design board (about 6 ft by 4 ft).

By: megan

megan — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:36:38 +0000

Jenn - Part of the appeal of a paper covered table is that you can slide large lengths of delicate fabric over top and arrange it flat so that the fabric isn't pulling one way or the other. That way you know your cut pieces won't be distorted. With a muslin topped table I'm afraid arranging a yard or more of fabric would be tricky.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:29:06 +0000

Great idea for a cutting table! Seems like you could use a peice of cheep cotton or muslin in place of the paper, it might last a bit longer and you wouldn't have to wory about marking it up with pin holes. Of course you can't realy write on it then..

By: megan

megan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:00:22 +0000

Kelly - I find it to work out great, but I'm not certain how much of my pins are biting into the homasote.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:40:24 +0000

I have used homasote (sp) in the past, do the pins sink into the cork far enough?

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:09:33 +0000

I am looking to purchase a roll of cork to use behind a dart board and can not seem it 1/2 inch thick. Can you help?

By: anita

anita — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:42:30 +0000

This is so smart. I hate for my honey to spend money we don't have. And you provided the the answer. Thank-you...and Happy Holidays!!!:)
ANITA