My wife the quilter decided her quilt frame and Qbot weren't working any more. She's figured out how to quilt quilts on her sewing machines to her own satisfaction so the quilt frame was/is no longer needed.
The room it was in has her quilt wall on one wall. She pins her quilt pieces to it to figure out the patterns etc, and then has to take them into the family room which is where all her sewing machines are set up.
My task, her ask, was for me to modify the quilt frame (16ft long) and make a sewing table small enough for the room so she can do the piecing work in there instead of the family room. Patterns were suffering from the 'Which way does this go' syndrome from the walk room to room.
So, first I took the frame apart and got the requirements for how big she wanted the table to end up.
Next, I cut down the frame rails and reassembled them to check the size.
Now I had to come up with an 'elevator' system to suspend the sewing machine from such that I could level it with the table top.
Once I figured that out I had to find a suitable top material.
I looked into melamine board but it was going to be $$$ for what was needed and it would require gluing which equals time.
So I started looking at purchasing butcher block table tops. $$$$. Nope, not going to happen.
Then I got an idea. Why not look on Craig's List for a table with a top I could use instead.
Found a butcher block table big enough to make the top for $50. Got my buddy Hank to help me pick it up with his truck and trailer.
Now I needed some new saw blades, drill bits and sand paper and I was ready to borrow my bro-in-law's jigsaw and have at it.
This is what I ended up with after this morning's thrash in the garage.
Not as fancy as some of the wood work you guys do but it works for me and my wife says it's way better than she expected.