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I just bought a table at Walmart for $30 marked down. It is a nice wood top w/ black legs. Had a couple of scratches but in really good shape. I want to cut a hole to drop my sewing machine into it. The tutitorial from Ikea was for a top drop in bobbin. I have a front loaded one. Do any of you think this would be a problem loading the bobbin. Will I have to climb under the table everytime to change bobbin?

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I have a machine cabinet that the machine raises and lowers. I don't have any problem with the edges catching on the wood. I've had the cabinet for over 30 years and never had fabric catch on the edges. If you sand the edges where it's cut you shouldn't have any problem. Just cut the hole just large enough for the machine to sit through.

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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess (Post 6088120)

if the table that you are going to be cutting is solid wood, then just sand the edges smooth and apply a sealer like polyurethane. Your fabric doesn't catch on the edges of the table right now, right? so just finish the newly cut part the same way.

I'm sure this would work great. My table is made of plywood so I cut the hole 3/4" larger than the machine all the way around. Then I trimmed the cut edge with 1 x 2 hardwood and sanded it smooth (even rounded the top corner a bit with the sander) and finished it with polyurethane. I did it about 3 years ago and have never snagged anything.

Some time ago I read a entry that someone who cut out a hole wrapped styrafoam with tape and filled the holes. the packing tape is slippery and you can cut pieces to fit any holes you have. You can also remove the pieces if you need access to your machine.

you couldput some con tact paper down its smooth and there are are lots of different designs and a great way to spend a little bit of money its really inex$pensive.

Thanks everyone!!! Hopefully hubby will be able to do this for me this weekend!!!! :)

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Originally Posted by DJRustic (Post 6091465)

Yes. You would either have to climb under the table to change the bobbin or lift the machine up on top of the table. My machine has a front-loading bobbin, so my hole is considerably larger than my machine. I have a plexiglass insert that spans the area between my machine and the table. To work on my bobbin, all I do is lift up the plexiglass insert and move it aside. (My insert has a lip so it sits on top of the hole's edges. You can also do an insert that has legs, in which case you would probably lift up the entire insert and remove it to work on the bobbin.)

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