Materials: Ikea INGO or other dining/kitchen table with a rail under the tabletop (this tutorial is not for Ikea tables where you pick a top piece and legs separately – you need that rail underneath in order to attach the support beams that will hold your machine)
Description: Marta has a fantastic tutorial on a sewing table where your machine lies flush against the table top. It makes sewing so much easier, not to mention less aches and paints for the shoulders. ~ Jules
See the fantastic step by step tutorial on Marta's blog.
~ Marta Strzeszewski, Colorado
This is GREAT! I'm just about to open a design studio and I am definitely going to make this for my sewing machine table! Thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteVery nice build!! congrats
ReplyDeleteIt's a brilliant idea, but you need to do something about those bolts before you cut open your knees/legs on one of them :)
ReplyDeleteThat would be the first thing I did. Is it possible to buy shorter bolts or would I have to wrap them in cotton batting?
DeleteI think I would just use somewhat thin (6mm) HEX wood screws with a long smooth leg (http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/532797519/Din_571_Hex_Wood_Screw.jpg) or even just flat-top wood screws with a long smooth leg.
DeleteScrew through the support-bed and up into the support-beams, and then level it out by screwing/unscrewing. The bolt dept down from the support bed would be minimized and it would be just as or perhaps even more stable and sturdy.
Home Depot sells smooth round bolt caps for a few cents each. My husband put them on the table he made (actually adapted a garage sale kitchen table)for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this great idea. Hubby and I knocked one up today. Cant wait to set up my sewing room and get sewing.
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