On 4/17/2018 4:12 PM, Sonny wrote:
On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 11:29:59 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
I can literally hop up on
the bench and not a creek is heard. IIRC Nailshooter saw a 1/8"
deflection, in the middle with me on top, between the two halves over
the 8 foot length.

A little less rice & gravy and meat & potatoes might solve that issue.

And one last and really nothing special piece. One of my customers is a
big time quilter. She has one of those specialty sewing desks with a
remote controlled sewing machine lift. These faux wood desks are made
out of particle board with a plastic veneer covering. These desks are
also shockingly expensive as are their accessories.

The tables for my sewing machines are made of particle board, also. You would think they would be of better quality lumber. Over time, from oiling the machines, the particle board swells and deteriorates in places.

Anyway she bought a new Pfaff sewing machine and the insert that fits
the machine like a glove was not available for her sewing desk. Not
totally unlike a TS zero clearance insert in function.
So she called on me to make one. Oddly it only took me two trips to
measure and tweak the fit of the insert. I made it out of 1/2" Baltic
birch and routed a rabbet around the bottom perimeter to mate with the
similar lip on the sewing desk.


Typically this 1/4" x 12 ish x 24 ish accessory insert sells for an
additional $200.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

Nice, and I'm sure a nice fit, also. *I suspect not, but might there be some consideration for making 50 of them, real quick & inexpensively, and advertising to others with this type of machine, i.e., trump the manufacturer with a preferred, better product?

Sonny


Thank you.

I have thought about the insert but it is hardley worth doing if I
having to go to each customer make a template. I could buy the
templates and copy them but that would be $200 for each to be copied...

Then there are the umpteen different type and brand sewing tables that
would have to be considered.

I think I would rather design and build no nonsense sewing table/desks
and include the fitting of the template in the price.

IIRC the average price of these desks are in the $5K range.