Originally Posted by
Sandygirl
I bought a very heavy folding banquet table for $10 and used it for years. However,, I ran across a great sewing table with the dropped surface that my machine fit perfectly! $80 at a rummage sale. I do NOT miss that banquet table. keep in mind the size of your machine and make sure it will fit into any pre-loved tables you may run across on CL, etc. Maybe ask machine dealers if they have any leads on used furniture as people upgrade to larger machines that no longer fit their furniture.
an idea, if you have handy men with jigsaws, you can buy nice, sturdy wood tables and he could figure out out how to retrofit the dropped surface or add the lifts. Or, to make it easier....save and buy! Tailormade and Arrow are "affordable". Koala is top is TOL in price.
I drool over sewing machine furniture too!
sandy
thanks for the input. My sewing machine is huge. So no one would be selling to get a bigger one. I have the Janome 12000 MC. My DH can build anything. Including our kitchen cabinets. That's the problem. My table isn't a priority right now and probably not for a long time. So I'm trying to solve the problem myself because I'm getting impatient and also think it might be affecting the quality of my stitches.