Lilrain

My son is not an engineer but every time he tells me he needs to "fabricate" something I shudder

cherylrom

I have one of those DH's! After 25 years now, he has decided that it's better to do it MY way and save the grief.

Seriously - go to Home Depot or Lowes and they will cut the board for you - to your specs! I brought my board home, got my (yes, MY) cordless scew driver out and went to town making the frame work. Covered it with batting and popped it on top of my regular ironing board and LOVE IT. Never take it off, except to iron shirts when absolutely beyond necessary.

lillybeck

I had ato laugh at this. My hubby is a retired truck driver and he analyses anything to death when I say I want to make...... My friends hubby and mine talk everything to death before they do it. Sometimes they would take so long talking about how to do it that my friend and I would just do it and tell them it was ready. LOL By the way he also forgets that I can read a map and get where I am going or thinks I need to take a different route.

Ldydrifter

WOW !!! I have the same problem. I get the "why "and then "oh you don't want to do it that way". Or "you don't need that". Then in the event that he might agree, he builds it so an army tank can roll over it and it's too heavy for me to handle. If I can I figure out how to do it, gather my supplies and build it myself when he's not around.

dljennings

LOL amen to that..

brought home a couple of those office partitions to put together, put batting on & use as a design wall...

well, dh, the aerospace engineer... made it such a project, it took a weekend...

i wanted simple bolted together, that i could TAKE APART AT WILL....

this "frame" he made will never come apart & god forbid we move, we can't get it down the stairs...

i'm afraid to ask for the ironing board... i am waiting until he goes out of town for a full week & making my own from the tutes on this board...

and i'm going to use some of his 19 drills to do it... !

dljennings

i use the it will save $$$... he doesn't care about how much time it takes to think it all thru!

Janice Thompson

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT HOME DEPOT OR LOWES? THEY HAVE PLYWOOD CUT TO THE SIZE YOU WANT. BELIEVE THEY ARE CALLED QUARTER SHEETS. THEY WILL MAKE ONE CUT. HAVE THEM TRIM TO THE SIZE YOU NEED. MAKE A PAD OUT OF COTTON BATTING AND FELT. COVER WITH A FABRIC FOR IRONING BOARD COVERS. I SAW WHERE THEY SCREWED IT TO THE IRONING BOARD. OR YOU CAN GLUE TWO BOARDS ON THE BOTTOM THAT WILL KEEP THE BOARD FRFOM SLIDING OFF.

Mariposa

Funny story! So true! I have a "big board"-paid about $100 for it, and worth it! I got hubby to put marine varnish on it too. Covered with padding, and a cover. It sits on my regular ironing board, and I just set it aside if I need to iron one of his shirts. I love it! :)

d.swindle

I think all husbands come from the same cut of tools,bigger is better,but I'm glad he is very handy around the house,although it is trying sometimes.
d. swindle

RkayD

I did this too before I put down the batting and the sheet...I forgot about that. I think its one of the best investments we made in my sewing room so far.