A long time in the dreaming and designing stages, Linda’s 40 x 60 cutting table has finally made it into her sewing room. Made from birch plywood and maple, this cutting table also features room for sixteen 11 x 11 x 11 cloth storage boxes, four vertical storage areas and four locking dual wheel casters for mobility.
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- Nearly every Marietta Wood Works project starts with a dream … and a SketchUp design.
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- Linda welcoming home the birch plywood that will become her cutting table.
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- Shallow dadoes will register the vertical dividers.
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- Cutting dadoes with the fence and precision miter gauge.
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- First dry fit of the lower cabinet partitions.
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- Tongue around the plywood field of the top, millied on the table saw.
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- Predrilling and countersinking for screws to be used in assembly.
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- Assembling one of the lower cabinets.
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- Lower cabinet assembly ready for a 1/2 birch back.
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- Careful component preparation and right angle jigs make for square assemblies.
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- Using a dial indicator to make very small adjustments to the rip fence.
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- Upper and lower plates, grooved to accept acrylic dividers at final assembly.
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- Deep counterbores for screws to help attach border pieces to the top.
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- Assembling maple border pieces to the birch field of the top.
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- Applying 1/4 thick maple edging to finish the exposed plywood edges.
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- Both lower cabinets complete and ready for finishing.
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- Plugging screw holes in the top maple border with red oak plugs for a little contrast.
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- Dry fit of the final assembly.
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- Preparing to spray MinWax Water Borne Oil Modified polyurethane.
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- Lower cabinet in spray booth, upside down for first two coats of spray finish.
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- Top ready to receive the final coat of polyurethane, after sanding with 220 grit paper.
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- Finished subassemblies, ready for final assembly.
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- Casters mounted with 1 1/4 screws that penetrate the base and enter into the bottoms of the lower cabinets.
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- Linda’s cutting table, with the Horn 40 x 60 cutting mat that I got her for Christmas … last year!
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- End view, showing vertical storage area.
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- Vertical storage area.
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- Linda had a beautiful quilt in process, and will be doing the remaining cutting on her new cutting table.
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- The 36 high work surface is comfortable for standing and working.