Need advice on how to raise tables ?
#12
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I use metal coffee can's (empty!) turned upside down. Makes my banquet table the perfect height for me. I also added a piece of MDF on top to make it larger. Now my cutting table is 40 x 70. Leaves lots of room to pile junk and still cut on it! :lol: Not as pretty as a lot of you ladies tables but it is soooo functional and sturdy. I can also store alot of stuff underneath.
#14
Originally Posted by Quilter Day-by-Day
I have a 8ft. table and a 4ft table that I need to raise to a better height for cutting and ironing. They are the ones made by Lifetime got them at Sams got them a few years ago for extra tables for get togethers but now they are turned into a cutting table and designing,and a ironing table.
#17
So did mine.....gotta love having one of those handy guys.
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
My sis is shorter so her husband took pieces of 4x4 lumber cut them to the height she needed plus an inch or two and than routed out a hole in the middle for the legs to set in. Custom risers.
Need a handy hubby though!
Need a handy hubby though!
#18
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Can someone be more specific in how you use PCV pipe to make the risers? What keeps the leg of the table from dropping all the way to the bottom of the pipe?
I recently got some wood look folding tables at Office Max. They have removable plastic caps on the bottom. I bought wooden dowels that would fit inside the leg. I cut them to the length I needed and then stained them brown, and then put the cap back on when I was done. You hardly notice them. Remember to consider the amount the dowel will go "into" the leg when deciding how long to cut them.
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Originally Posted by oldswimmer
Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Can someone be more specific in how you use PCV pipe to make the risers? What keeps the leg of the table from dropping all the way to the bottom of the pipe?
Thanks for that idea on curved legs,mine are the same way on my ctting table but not the other on I can use the pvc and bolt for that one.
I recently got some wood look folding tables at Office Max. They have removable plastic caps on the bottom. I bought wooden dowels that would fit inside the leg. I cut them to the length I needed and then stained them brown, and then put the cap back on when I was done. You hardly notice them. Remember to consider the amount the dowel will go "into" the leg when deciding how long to cut them.
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Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Can someone be more specific in how you use PCV pipe to make the risers? What keeps the leg of the table from dropping all the way to the bottom of the pipe?
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