Cutting Table Height?
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
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I'm 5'3" and find the shorter 5" bed risers make a regular table (typical height 28-30") the perfect height for me. My friend who is 5'7" and has longer arms, prefers the 7" bed risers. Before buying the risers I did all my rotary cutting on my kitchen counter. That was a perfect height for me and it's about 36" tall. There are many stores who have the taller (34-36") dining tables available for purchase. My table is in the middle of the room and I can walk around it while cutting. I love it.
What height are you comfortable with now?
What height are you comfortable with now?
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 06-26-2014 at 03:31 AM.
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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Yes, it is what the height that you feel comfortable. Check out your LQS and see what the height is for them since they cut ALL day. Mine is 33" in height which works for me sitting or standing doing rotary cutting.
#5
The table surface should be a couple inches below your waist height so that your arms are just slightly below the 90º level when extended. Here are some good sewing room guidelines.
http://www.sewing.org/files/guidelin...thy_sewing.pdf
http://www.sewing.org/files/guidelin...thy_sewing.pdf
#7
I am height challenged as well, stopping at 5'5". Since space for anything in my house is very limited, I found that the dryer top is usually empty and just the right size for my 18x24 cutting mat. It is also the perfect height and I can see all the markings easily with the window right there. I can leave my mat out and never have to "put it away" as it is never in the way of folding clothes.
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nawth o' Boston
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I am 5'-3" TALL and I have no problem with a standard kitchen counter (36") for chopping veggies, but I find I need some body weight for better control when cutting fabrics and if I have to cut through more than two layers, I prefer 30-33" and have used my desk on occasion.
Maybe I should just change the blades on the rotary cutters more often LOL
Maybe I should just change the blades on the rotary cutters more often LOL
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