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Built mine with steel rails availble from my local woodworking shop. They can be purchased at various lenghts, etc. Built the top with various lumber in my woodshop and some 3/4 melamine.

Lots of junk on it, been "rearranging" the shop.

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Michael Sheldon

Desert Raven Leather

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I too was intrigued by the disposition.

"Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )

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However by placing the machine cut-out towards the left-hand side and the belt cut-out in the middle of the table..you are committed to having very little space at the left hand side of the table..that may come back to bite you..One normally leaves the largest part of the table to the side of the machine away from the drive belt..so as to have the maximum flat support area for the work..except when it is a cylinder machine, when , even so the table area to the side of the drive belt is usually smaller than the area to the side of the needle and feed dogs area..

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"Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )

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I used an solid core commercial door.  It weighs a ton but it's definately solid!

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I think i like the idea of the machine mounted into a big table like this, where you can pound and sew anywhere and there is lots of room to lay things out. I would have placed the machine as far to the right as possible to maximize layout space, and  I would even mount my cylinder arm off the back corner to the right of the juki

If you put a couple sono-tubes(cylindrical cardboard concrete forms) lengthwise into the bottom they are great for storing rolled leather. I would look around for a plastic supply place and get a big sheet of hdpe (cutting board plastic) for the other end to cut on. Probably only need 1/4-3/8 inch thick because it is backed by such a solid table. AND since you are a welder, make a spot on the table for use as an anvil. A 12x12 piece of 1/2 inch plate would be perfect for most leather anvil use.

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Hey forestar1485. That is a formidable table

 

TinkerTailor, as usual, I like the way you think.

 

Happy day

Lee in florida

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