GoingMyWay
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I got my wife a sewing machine and a RTA sewing cabinet with a built in lift for her birthday this year.
You could buy a custom acrylic insert for flat table sewing, but it cost $164 and it would take 2-4 weeks to be custom made.
I figured I could make one for cheaper and right away. I started off making the template out of cardboard and then transitioned to 1/4" MDF. This was my first time working with acrylic. It's stinky and messy stuff. I turned the speed down on my TSC55, but it still stunk when cutting it. The "snow" that was made routing the acrylic was sort of cool, at least at first. I really should have used the router table, but I was too lazy to get it out and set up. It's not perfect, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out and it only cost about $35 for the piece of acrylic.
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You could buy a custom acrylic insert for flat table sewing, but it cost $164 and it would take 2-4 weeks to be custom made.
I figured I could make one for cheaper and right away. I started off making the template out of cardboard and then transitioned to 1/4" MDF. This was my first time working with acrylic. It's stinky and messy stuff. I turned the speed down on my TSC55, but it still stunk when cutting it. The "snow" that was made routing the acrylic was sort of cool, at least at first. I really should have used the router table, but I was too lazy to get it out and set up. It's not perfect, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out and it only cost about $35 for the piece of acrylic.
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