How Do You Build A Drop-Leaf Table For A Sewing Room?
Every seamstress or tailor can benefit from a good cutting table. It makes cutting patterns and lining up fabric much easier and more precise. Drop-leaf cutting tables are an especially good choice for your sewing room. Unlike an ordinary cutting table, these collapsible pieces of furniture can fit into small spaces and grow when you need them to. You’ll require a little bit of carpentry experience to build one, but it’ll last you a long time. Cut and glue your hardwood stock to form panels for the table top and aprons, as directed by your drop-leaf table plans. Allow to dry. Square the stock for the legs, then cut to the length specified by your plans. Use a taper jig set to a 2-degree angle to cut the taper into the table legs. Use a 3/8-inch forstner drill bit to cut overlapping holes into this face of the leg. This prepares the leg for the mortise. Mortise the leg to the size and dimensions appropriate for your plans. Prepare the aprons by cutting them to the finished dimensions sp
