Where do you do your cutting?
#101
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
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My darling son in law built me a table to go over my ironing board for my birthday several years ago. I love it, I can adjust the height by adjusting the ironing board and it is larger than my ironing board. I also love that he had my two grandsons decorate the top by painting various boy things on it.
#104
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,614
My cutting area is an 8' long counter on top of old kitchen cabinets. When we decided to update the kitchen, I took the cabinets, and painted them all white. DH installed a countertop and the cabinets in my quilt rm, and put tiny Ikea floodlights that shine over the counter top, so plenty of light. He built a long segmented 'cubby' that hangs right under the wall cabinets (which he attached the floods to) that hold all the small things. Perfect height for a short person to use for cutting. Unfortunately, laying out my quilting is done on our king size bed as I hate laying things out on the floor -- not good for my back either way, but it works. I'd love to have a table where my machine is installed level into the table, but I'm not cutting up my antique drop side crank table, so I make do with it 'as is'.
#105
I have a table that was given to me,it is a work bench out of a high school work shop(so my taxes really paid for it) It was to heavey for me to move around so I put large rollers on it, this made the height and mobility just right. I can move it out so I can work from all sides, it's about 8 ft long and 4 wide. Love it plus it has a long shelf under it, that stores boxes &ect very nice. Good luck comfort at our work makes it more fun.
#107
Large cutting mat is taped to my freezer top. Just right height for me. Every once in a while though the HB don't happen to see the rulers laying there and they end up behind it. Keep a long arm grabber hand for that situation.
#108
I just started using my kitchen island. I bring my QuiltCut up and then I can cut way. Before that I tried to cut on my MIL's dinning room table I sew on. But it was not comfortable. The island is prefect for me.
#109
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
Posts: 2,795
I just got done cutting and my back is killing me. I also have 2 3'x8' banquet tables with my cutting board. I bend at the wrong place in my back and I can't do it for long. I need to raise it somehow. It'd be great if I could get it about 6 inches higher, I think. Is that about the right size for height?
#110
I bought a folding table at Walmart for about $35. and then put those bed risers under the legs $10., which brought
the table a wonderful comfortable height, so I do all my cutting on that table. It is a cheap way to make a comfortable spot to cut.
the table a wonderful comfortable height, so I do all my cutting on that table. It is a cheap way to make a comfortable spot to cut.
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