Sew Essentials Cutting Table
 

Does anyone have one of these? Do they hold up pretty good? I see that it has only 3 stars for a review.

Don't have one but have looked at them as well.

Sorry, no I don't have it or no anyone who does. It just looks to unstable and flimsy to me for the price.

I use a drafting table. Also can use it for drafting patterns.

Here are some reviews, http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/r...rue&supercatId=

Look on CL for tables. I bought an older, but very nice, professional cutting table for $40.

I bought it Black Friday a couple years ago and use it all the time. It's not flimsy but not super sturdy either. I haven't had any trouble with it. I bought the cutting mat for it as well and love the whole ensemble.

DH purchased a similar model for me several years ago from Keepsake Quilting. Don't know if it's the same manufacturer or not. Yes, I did have a couple of screws fall out for the stop under the table top for one of the folding legs but otherwise it's been great. Love the fact that I can fold it up and store it behind the futon in my sewing room (although I couldn't tell you the last time I did that!). It's a tad tall for me but I'm fairly short (5' 2") and find that reaching the full width of the table can be difficult. I put towels on top and use it for a large pressing surface as well. Or, have my cutting mat at one end and a towel at the other so I can do trimming/pressing on the same surface. Have a small (8x10) room to work in and it has to multi-function as much as possible. Overall, I'm very pleased with the table.

After reading the reviews, I believe I'd keep looking for something else.

I don't know if mine is that brand or not. It was bought from JoAnn's about 10 years ago. Mine only has 1 fold out leg on each side - not the two that are seen on Joann's website. Mine is currently set up (semi-permanently) in my foyer. I used to have it stored in the garage and would bring it out and in. I decided that was too much trouble. So all guests have to walk by it to get into the house (hee-hee). It's a good thing we don't have many guests.

I really don't remember how much we paid for this but I feel that I have more than gotten my money's worth out of it.

I have this table, I've had it for years. I originally bought it to use it as a cutting table and never had a problem with it, but I upgraded to a more substantial table, it just didn't seem heavy enough for all the leaning into it I was doing. I converted it into an ironing table, it's great having such a large surface for ironing. One of the rollers did break off at the post, so when I move it (which is rarely), I just place the roller back into the proper metal post when it's set up again and it stabilizes, no problem.

http://www.shopwiki.com/Home-Fabric-...ables-and-Mats
look here for great mats... you can put it on any table and have a much better quality and larger cutting surface...mine (5' x 8') rests on 2 ironing boards with 2 hollow core doors on top (i asked for any damaged doors at the hardware store and paid $12 for a door with a hole on one side, and $10 for a door with a bad corner... I did attach the doors together for stability, but everything can be stood up against the wall to store, but usually is in sewing room... i would just rather pay 179 for a big cutting surface than 149 for smaller surface and wobbly legs...

http://www.advancedsewing.com/spread...ingtables.html

I have been talking to a sewing machine dealer in Denver, Ralph's Power sew, where I am going to purchase my dream machine. We have also talked about tables, one like the unicraft standard cutting table is what he recommends. One day I hope to get one. They are sturdy and can be ordered to fit your space.

I have one I bought from Joanns many years ago. I just replaced it with a cutting table from Horn which I love. I used the one I bought from Joanns for years and it took a beating but was a good table.

I had mine for about 20 yrs before it fell apart. That was mostly my fault for shoving it around and not properly unlocking the wheels every time. But I used the heck out of it so i think I got my money!

I have the drop leaf that I bought for $59 years ago. It works great and dosnt take up to much room.

I've had the cutting table and the matching desk for over a yr now and love them both. there is a lot of room; it is very sturdy. The biggest problem I saw was when people were putting them together they were trying to tighten all of the screws as they went. Being someone who has put many, many things together they key is to only partial tighten the screws as you go (like on each hinge) and once all of the screws are in the hinges then you tighten them up. If you tighten as you go it'll look like the holes don't line up. I put this together by myself and it was very easy. I wouldn't bother buying the large cutting mat that they show with it sometimes because it doesn't self heal and I had hardly used it when I thought all of my rotaries were dull but it was the mat. That was the waste of money because it isn't self healing. I give it top ranking in my book.

I think that is the table I have. I purchased it from JoAnns many years ago. At present it is fully open with the mat on top but it is piled so high with fabric both in boxes and just piles that I can only see the front couple of inches of the mat. Just enough to be able to use the measuring strip on the front edge. I produce an average of 20 Linus quilts a week and need a place to stack the various piles of fabrics for that project and others. There is also room underneath for more boxes and bins. The drawer holds some of my collection of rotary cutters and my "junk drawer" sissors. I don't know how sturdy it is but it has not collapsed yet. EVen if it did it would have trouble falling down with all of the stuff underneath of it.

I purchased a kitchen island off craigslist and it works perfectly. It is very sturdy and has drawers on the front.