would you put this on wheels (ironing surface)
#11
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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I love your cabinets! Consider putting your plywood on 4 cabinets and then on the other one separately. You can push it to the end of the 4 or use it next to your sewing area for pressing while sitting down. I covered a board for this use and I really like this convenience for spot ironing. 3/4 inch plywood is very very heavy. You might want to consider 1/4 or 1/2". Just a thought or JAT! My own acronym. Good luck! Be sure to show us your completed project. Yolanda Wood River
#13
Thanks for all the ideas!! Good point about the drawers-I hadn't even thought of that. I can switch so the open shelf is on top. Otherwise I'd have to take the top drawer all the way out to get anything out of it.
#14
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Just thinking ... looks like you could stash bolts of fabrics easy enough into those open shelves!
#16
If you don't put it on wheels...look for one of those extension claws that can grab the items you drop...it's great to have around. I purchased one at the Dollar Tree and it works great! You can find them cheaper than this one but this is what it looks like.
http://www.yourstoreonline.net/grabb...2/product.html
http://www.yourstoreonline.net/grabb...2/product.html
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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have you thought of turning them upside down ( if the drawers will flip too)? then the baskets would be just under the surface. I have my home made big board ironing surface on top of stacked totes, 3,2, 3 . the cubby formed in the center by the 2 totes is a great shelf for pressing tools. Also, a really neat idea I saw somewhere , make a hammock for your hanging fabric! glue Velcro under the lip on the back of your table, sew up a muslin "sling" with Velcro to match on one edge then a hanging sleeve on the opposite edge, insert a dowel and hang the dowel on café curtain hooks on the wall in back. The table can still be pushed snug against the wall when not pressing and if something does fall behind just unhook the rod and pull the hammock /sling towards you, the item rolls out! I need one of these!
#18
have you thought of turning them upside down ( if the drawers will flip too)? then the baskets would be just under the surface. I have my home made big board ironing surface on top of stacked totes, 3,2, 3 . the cubby formed in the center by the 2 totes is a great shelf for pressing tools. Also, a really neat idea I saw somewhere , make a hammock for your hanging fabric! glue Velcro under the lip on the back of your table, sew up a muslin "sling" with Velcro to match on one edge then a hanging sleeve on the opposite edge, insert a dowel and hang the dowel on café curtain hooks on the wall in back. The table can still be pushed snug against the wall when not pressing and if something does fall behind just unhook the rod and pull the hammock /sling towards you, the item rolls out! I need one of these!
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
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My ironing station is on castors. I move it all over, depends upon what I'm working on. When an ironing board is nest to a wall/etc. and starch/best press/etc is used, the overspray accumulates on the wall leaving a mark. Coarse if it was away from the wall, it'd go on the floor. As my name says, I like to petthefabric in it's natural state, so I don't use those things.
#20
OMG. I went to Home Depot tonight to look at the casters. There must have been 3 dozen different ones. So now I have to figure out what kind to get. Locking, I know. And some say they're only for concrete so those are out.
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