Altering flat bed accessory for cylinder arm

[Matt S]

Blimey who made that table, a boy scout with a blunt pocket knife and a bottle of Red Bull?

[kgg]

Na if it was made in Canada probably boy scout, blunt pocket knife, a bottle of Red Bull in one hand and a toke in the other.

kgg

[Sonydaze]

Take a good look at Uwe's tables.  I replaced the dealer supplied table with Uwe's and am very happy with the change. You will love the magnetically held plate for seeing what you are doing when changing the bobbin.

I would be trying to return the one you have... very poorly done or for a different machine.

[DonInReno]

It’s obviously a low cost table - better than nothing, but not worth saving.

At my day job as a wood worker when something like this comes up I’ll use what you have as a template to massage into what you want.  Cut it, fit it, add wood, remove wood, fix the attachment points....and definitely use it enough to know what else you’d want to change....make the second or third round of changes until the fit and function meet your expectations then duplicate it with new material.

edit:  Um, since you ordered the table for a different machine knowing it wouldn’t fit, but willing to adapt it what I said above can be disregarded. Good luck - just keep at it and you’ll figure it out.

 

Edited November 10, 2018 by DonInReno

[Ceejay]

My intent here was not at all to insult the seller.  He will take the table back, if I want to send it,  He did not have the machine I wanted but was willing to order it for me and there was not a table specifically for it.  This is what there was, and I would like to make it work.  I have neither the tools nor the skill set to build one, I just need to make this one work.  I’m really oping that some of you here have adapted your tables in some way that might help me with ideas. To dicman, the was a bit of room with the knee lift, as was also suggested by the seller, and I’ve since made that adjustment. I’ve have one suggestion to attach legs to the table, maybe pieces of pvc, so it will slide on and not have to be attached exactly at the points where holes are in the table. I’ll still have to do a little cutting and sanding on it, but I don’t see any reason YET that it wouldn’t work that way. My embroidery machine has a table that slides on in a similar way. I’m still open to other constructive suggestions, and if my leg idea works I’ll post the results back here. 

[Constabulary]

we still don´t know what machine you have so we cannot make suggestions w/ know / seeing it. Please post pictures of your machine and the model / brand / name of the machine

[brmax]

With the photos, I can say it has exactly the same casting features of a 1341, that Im staring at.  Looking at the first photo,  a view at the back of the machine head. 

I recall seeing that mounting style of the knee / presser foot riser rod before. Seems different tables can possibly benefit with it I guess, and confident its a factory placement. Possibly the pedestal stands as the class 4, the 4500’s and 441 typically use. 

I had made a slotted hole directly under that machine connection. So to have the bumper rod traveling down and then toward the needle or cylinder end. Im using an existing corner of a bigger sew table. 

In all our setups, these parts can and should be to better our performance or comfort.  With that, I still used the blue flame to get the particular bends in the steel rod just right. 

 

Good day

Floyd

 

[R8R]

If it doesn't fit, and the workmanship is that shoddy, why even send it out to a customer?

One vendor comes to mind as I look at these pics...

[R8R]

5 hours ago, Ceejay said:

 I have neither the tools nor the skill set to build one, I just need to make this one work.

But a good sewing machine vendor would (should) have all the tools and know how required to make the part or accessory fit properly before shipping it out. If not, why even sell it? For example my Juki dealer stocks blank table tops and custom routs them for every machine/motor combo.

In my opinion this was just sloppy.

[dikman]

Don probably has the right idea, adding and removing bits to make it fit properly, but that still requires some woodworking tools and basic skills. Another way might be to make a thin top piece that is cut correctly and glue it on top. I think you'll be struggling to make it usable.