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Post by shelley on Jan 7, 2012 22:55:42 GMT
Zed... Re table. Not sure if this would work for you but I have a long piece of MDF which has been painted and covered in thick plastic. I set it on trestle table legs that you can get in IKEA and you can raise them to a perfect height (for me anyway). Was the cheapest way I could find of having an almost bespoke table.
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Post by shelley on Jan 7, 2012 22:57:01 GMT
And love the scarf! Am giving the alpaca a go tomorrow....really looking forward to this.
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Post by zed on Jan 8, 2012 8:56:59 GMT
Thanks, Shelley I looked at those trestle table legs, my sister bought them for her work table. I like them. I really need something I can fold away almost flat. The Ikea sale is on though, so maybe I'll go and have a look at all their legs while I'm there. I can't wait to see your alpaca results
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Post by gina on Jan 8, 2012 10:35:11 GMT
I think I roll so much through lack of confidence and paranoia - I'm convinced that if I leave my felt too soft then it will start to bobble and come apart.... More often than not, I roll lots of times the first time I felt my scarves, and then look over them with a critical eye for any 'soft' or 'woolly' bits the next day (felted, but very lightly/loosely) and do some more rubbing to finish them the following day/when I have some time. Then I iron, and then I'm done... most times.
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Post by shelley on Jan 10, 2012 0:39:07 GMT
My whole dy has been about alpaca...I have blue hands and am weary! Have made lots of samples and a single layer, very holey scarf. Will try and get pic's tomorrow. ...the site isn't designed for lots of pic's might have to wait until I update blog...bit behind with it all...oop's!
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Post by lyn on Jan 10, 2012 9:04:03 GMT
Hey Gina - I hear what you're saying and that's exactly how my mind works too!
Brilliant idea with the trestle legs to make a felting table as the whole thing would stand up against a wall - my daughter has her sewing machine on a table top on ikea trestle legs and it works well. There's also a wide ledge in the legs (the legs look like the letter 'A') which is useful for storage!
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Post by lyn on Jan 10, 2012 9:07:01 GMT
Zed - just seen your reply about the rolling. So I suppose it's a case of six of one and half a dozen of the other. I roll where you would rub - but that explains the difference.
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Post by zed on Jan 10, 2012 16:49:47 GMT
That's ok, Lyn I think it makes a difference to the structure of the felt too, when I did a scarf just by rolling, it felt just like pre felt, until I gave it a rub, then the fibres really felt like they were holding. I don't think I could rub for as long as it'd take me to roll I really love those A frame trestle legs with the storage shelf. I did see when having another look that Ikea do a foldaway table, maybe that's stronger than a pasting one. I didn't check the size, though.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 10, 2012 21:45:01 GMT
Here you can buy folding table legs at the hardware store. My husband made my table with them and it"s 4 feet by 8 feet. I use some black pipe on the legs to bring it up to the height I want.
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Post by zed on Jan 11, 2012 9:27:26 GMT
Oh, that sounds good. What are they? Like H frames with hinges at the top to fold under? How many do you need/what size?
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 11, 2012 12:56:45 GMT
They look like the legs on a standard folding table. They look like H's you just need 2 for a table. Here they only come in one size. You can make the top what ever sized you want. Mine is 4x8 because that's the size of a piece of plywood. we did put a 2x4 frame under to stop it wracking and add strength. I would have it longer if I could. We put a piece of "plastic" wall board, the thin stuff for on a bathroom wall, on top. if you don't need something that big. Why not get one of the plastic travel tables. They have folding legs and then fold in half. they are 6 feet by 2.5 I think, a standard 6 foot table.
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Post by jufergu on Sept 1, 2012 22:14:57 GMT
Ok, I need to look up why you would use a sander. I did understand the rest. At my age, there would be no rubbing on the floor, that's for sure. lol
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 1, 2012 23:17:47 GMT
we made my table. you can buy the folding table legs and then make them any size you like. Mine is 4 feet by 8 feet. but you could make 2 2 by 6 tables or one 2 by 8 and one 2 by 4 so you have more options. Mine is plywood with a a plastic top glued down. The plastic stuff we got is meant for bathroom or kitchen walls. but a piece of linoleum floor would work to.
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Post by janekiwi on Oct 11, 2012 6:14:39 GMT
Zed have you got yourself a table yet? I like how everyone has different ,rolling/rubbing? netting or not? shock or not? ways of doing their felt.
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Post by zed on Oct 11, 2012 8:32:17 GMT
No, not yet I did get a drop-down table so at least I can take it outside and do pieces bigger than my draining board without getting down on the floor. Someone recently mentioned having two tables end to end, and I thought 'duh! why didn't I think of that!' I could still do the mdf idea and put it on my drop-down table. I'm going to have to move though and don't know when and have lots of clearing to do.
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