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* Cork:  http://www.corkstore.co.uk/bb14-cork-roll---60mm-x-122cm-x-24m-276-p.asp  122cm x 250cm x 6mm.  (this will yield surplus cork!)  £116.80
 
* Cork:  http://www.corkstore.co.uk/bb14-cork-roll---60mm-x-122cm-x-24m-276-p.asp  122cm x 250cm x 6mm.  (this will yield surplus cork!)  £116.80
  
* Backing material: options:  MDF?  Fibreboard? Homosote is called Sundeala http://www.sundeala.co.uk/sundeala.htm in the UK.
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* '''Or''' Cork: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Cork-Gasket-Roll-1-8-1000mm-x-1500mm-/260837750487?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cbb2436d7  £50.90
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* Backing material: options:  MDF?  Fibreboard? Homosote is called Sundeala http://www.sundeala.co.uk/sundeala.htm in the UK.   '''Freeeee'''
  
 
* Adhesive:  Wood glue/rubber cement  apprx £5  
 
* Adhesive:  Wood glue/rubber cement  apprx £5  
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* Wrapping paper: Something like this: http://www.londonofficesupplies.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=137827&Category_Code=&oct=ba1  £40
 
* Wrapping paper: Something like this: http://www.londonofficesupplies.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=137827&Category_Code=&oct=ba1  £40
  
'''Total: ''' 168+ cost of backing material TBD.
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'''Total: ''' 168 (102).
  
  

Revision as of 14:32, 19 September 2011

The hackspace needs something along these lines: http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/cuttingtable/

This is a DIY version of a professional cutting table, which is used by costumers and tailors to trace patterns, lay out and cut fabric. I don't have enough flat table space with 360 degree access at home, and I'm guessing many others interested in sewing don't either. I could also, with some care, be used to block knitting.

It needs to be slightly modified to suit the hackspace: it must be storable (since taking up an entire table all the time is unfeasible. I propose building a top sheet consisting of a backing layer underlying cork, to be wrapped in kraft paper in- or ex-situ, which can be clamped onto one of the tables when needed. The clamps will be dedicacted to this equipment.

I am not sure what material is best to use as a backing; there doesn't seem to be an equivalent to homosote in the UK. It needs to be available as a single piece the size of a table, be sturdy enough to survive being stored flat in the wood pile, and be light enough to be moved around by one person.

The tables are 75 cm x150 cm x 3.25 cm.

Budget:

  • Adhesive: Wood glue/rubber cement apprx £5

Total: 168 (102).


Pledges

Total: £90