Higher table for cutting??
#15
While I have been 'snowbirding' with my daughter this summer, all I have had to cut fabric on is her bar type table. It is better than having a regular table or regular counter height to c, snowbirding is when a Southerner ut.
BTW snowbirding is when a southerner goes up north for better, cooler weather...or, more usually when a northerner goes south for winter for a warmer weather.
BTW snowbirding is when a southerner goes up north for better, cooler weather...or, more usually when a northerner goes south for winter for a warmer weather.
#17
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When I bought new dining room furniture, I bought the counter height table only because I knew it would be great for a cutting table if I needed to use it to cut. I would certainly have a counter height dining table if I didn't have a sewing room. It would be the best of double duty furniture you could have.
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southeast Missouri
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I picked up an engineers drafting table that has an electric height adjustment. Almost all engineers now draw on computers so the tables can be picked up for almost nothing. I inlaid my sewing machine into it and use the table at 29" for stitching/quilting and use the push button control to raise it to a comfortable level when cutting. I love it.
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Illinois
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I put a folding table up on 12" risers for cutting. I move it to 4" risers for when I'm quilting to use as an extension of my desk.
As someone else pointed out, it really depends on your height. I'm 5'11" so a kitchen counter is uncomfortably low for me. If you are able to visit a furniture store in your area that sells the kind of bar or table that you are considering purchasing, I would recommend bringing your rotary cutter with you. Leave the blade retracted/covered, but try out the movement to see how comfortable it is for you to have your arm at that height.
As someone else pointed out, it really depends on your height. I'm 5'11" so a kitchen counter is uncomfortably low for me. If you are able to visit a furniture store in your area that sells the kind of bar or table that you are considering purchasing, I would recommend bringing your rotary cutter with you. Leave the blade retracted/covered, but try out the movement to see how comfortable it is for you to have your arm at that height.
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