Show & Tell: Flatbed Table Attachment For Durkopp Adler 205-370 (Version 2.0)

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Looks great!

[biglew]

I would love to help you make one if you would like help... this way I can learn so I can make 1 for my machine.

Could you tell me the name of the wood store in toledo?

thanks

Lew

[Uwe]

The wood supply store in Toledo where I got the phenolic plywood is called Kencraft Company . They ship wood boards in various sizes as well.

The helping opportunities pretty much boil down to granting access to the machine for measuring and a couple prototype fittings. The rest happens with me brooding over a computer in CAD programs and beating the various CNC machines into submission to give me what I want. The pictures should tell much of the story regarding engineering concepts and which of several possible attachment options I chose.

Finishing the parts and assembly happens in my home workshop. I've considered making kits available with just the parts as they come out of the CNC machines for folks to finish and assemble it themselves, but I'd likely spend more time answering questions and walking folks through the details remotely than doing it myself.

Perhaps I'll create a little "making of" video some time to show the steps involved in making these table attachments. The apparent simplicity of the final product may be deceiving. It all seems very obvious and simple when you see the finished product, but the process of getting there often is anything but obvious or simple.

Edited November 24, 2015 by Uwe

[dfrensdorff]

I would be in for a table to fit my Cowboy 3200 if you go that direction.........

[Colt W Knight]

You can also buy bake lite sheets from McMaster-Carr sold as Garokite and make your own plywood laminate. Those laminated table tops are great though. I use them for my router tables.

[TinkerTailor]

You can also buy bake lite sheets from McMaster-Carr sold as Garokite and make your own plywood laminate. Those laminated table tops are great though. I use them for my router tables.

Thanks for the tip..

[Uwe]

One of my original plans was to glue some white melamine (formica) sheet to marine plywood before carving it. Turns out finding just the melamine (not a ready-made particleboard countertop) turns out to be even harder than finding phenolic plywood. Oddly enough, there's a Toledo Plywood specialty store practically next door to the Kencraft store and it had a big stack of white melamine sheets. But in the end the phenolic plywood was the better choice for me because it involves considerably less labor (less glueing, clamping, waiting) and the phenolic is a better, ready-made surface in my mind.

[Colt W Knight]

One of my original plans was to glue some white melamine (formica) sheet to marine plywood before carving it. Turns out finding just the melamine (not a ready-made particleboard countertop) turns out to be even harder than finding phenolic plywood. Oddly enough, there's a Toledo Plywood specialty store practically next door to the Kencraft store and it had a big stack of white melamine sheets. But in the end the phenolic plywood was the better choice for me because it involves considerably less labor (less glueing, clamping, waiting) and the phenolic is a better, ready-made surface in my mind.

In the past, I've bought plain melamine sheets and high pressure laminate sheets from home depot, but I haven't looked in a few years.

[Kulafarmer]

Nice top,

Was thinking about making one for my cobra out of Corian, with stainless or aluminum plates at the needle area, have a bunch of leftovers from a couple jobs, easy to fix mistakes in the construction

[TaylorM]

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Is this something you could still make? Please let me know!