Instructions Enclosed: Thanks to Scarlet: Big Board (sewing... think ironing)

[BonaDea]

Big Board

hummmm SCARLET or Scarlet!!!! do you want to lead a craft along??????

this looks easy enough to figure out.

and not only great for ironing lots of yardage but use it as a dessert table or kids table at a party

[Thmom]

they want $90 for that sheesh!!!!!

[Whimsymama]

I'd love to make one of these, if someone figures out how to do it. A craft along would be great!

Rebecca

[mama_sara]

Ooohh. I'd love one of those~ if anyone gets/makes instructions, please post them!

[Scarlet]

Is it me, or does this look like a piece of plywood with laths screwed to the under side?

If so, get a piece of plywood the size you want -- the bigger it is, the less stable it will be, especially on carpet.

Lay your ironing board upside down on it. Draw around it making sure it doesn't slip. Buy laths and screws. I would use one by twos for the laths and at least one and a half inch screws.

Put a squiggle of wood glue along each lath (If you have enough glue it should ooze in some places when you clamp it. Clean off the extra with a rag). Clamp the lath in the right place according to your tracing. Allow a quarter inch ease between your pencil line and the edge of the lath so it isn't too tight.

Mark on reverse position of lath using a tape measure.

Drill a pilot hole that is slightly narrower than your screw. Counter sink the hole so the screw will be flush (unless using self countering deck screws). You will probably need at least three screws along a long lath and two screws along a short lath.

Screw in screws. Apply wood filler if desired. Allow to dry 24 hours and then remove clamps.

Then you can buy that reflective silvered teflon from some sewing stores. I know Beverlys in San Diego stocks it for one because that is what we made Joshua's tin man costume out of last year.
I would use a couple of layers of cotton quilt batting and a cover made out of the teflon fabric.

[BonaDea]

ok I'm thinking i'm going to brave this project... until I talk myself out of it.

Point is....

anyone know a better way to print a single post in a thread than the way I just did?

I put Scarlet on my ignore list and went back to the thread and then opened her post in a separate window and printed from there. Then I had to go back and take her off my ignore list.

There has GOT to be a better way... any ideas?

[Scarlet]

YOU PUT ME (oops caps) on ignore?

harumph!

[BonaDea]

Here's what I'm thinking so far:

per the above website:
bb is 22"x60"
inside railings are 16"
little bb is 18"x48"

I want to make 2. (anyone what my old really heave ironing board that is wider than normal in exchange for their lighterweight smaller one? must be local I'm not going to ship that hunk of metal)

My ironing board that I'm planing on using (looking for a second & third one to fall in my lap for free) is 54" x 14.5"

BRAINSTORMING:
Plywood comes in 4x8 sheets (according to one source)
so I can either go with plywood cut to 5' and then in half so I end up with 3 pieces. 2-5'x2 and 1-4'x2' hummm that seems like I'll get 2 big boards and a little board equivilant out of 1 piece of plywood. If I understand correctly some places offer the first cut free and you have to pay for cuts after that with the aformentioned I'd have to pay for one cut.
OR see if they have some other wood that is 22/24" wide humm

the laths aka 1"x2" (dh wants 2x2's 'cause they are easier for him to drill into and he knows that he's going to end up the designated maker kwim?) boards I'm thinking stay with the 16" inside railings that bb has established works for them. and my ironing board is 54" long and upon closer inspection of the bb site the laths form a [_] sort of shape but the long ways kwim. so I'm guessing1@16"+2@aporx 4"+2@ 56"=136" total needed for each of the the BBs. the LBB would still need the 16" but a shorter length and less than the 4" at the end.so based on my ironing board I can do: 2@42" + 1@16" + 2@2" ... but based on the board sizes I'm better off going ???? well if ' then have to leave spaces in the railing and purchase bumpers of some sort... if 8' then I end up with 8" waste. hummmmm 2x2's do make a good hammering size for 4 yos to play with and they do make good blocks???? hummmm


so shopping list for 2BB and 1LBB

@ Low's/ Home Depot
1 piece of 4'x8' piece of plywood (1/2"...dh wants 3/4") cut #1 to 4x2 (cut 2' off length) cut #2 = 2@2x6 (cut in half the long way)
2-2"x2"x12' with the following cuts.
Board #1 = 2 @ 56", 2 @ 16" = 144"
Board #2 = 2 @ 56", 1 @ 16" + 4 @ 4" = 144"

1-2"x2"x8' = 2@ 42", 2 @ 2", with 8" left maybe have them cut them into 2" blocks for you??????

Wood Glue
Clamps (borrow if possible)
Deckscrews 1.5" long (per Bethan if deckscrews then no need for countersinking... confimation email in to her as I type)

Sewing Supply Place/your personal stash
towles or cotton quilt batting enough to make a padded surface for each of the boards

elastic enough to thread through casing.

I'm going to use muslin as my outer layer with a 2.5" ish overhang then cut off corners of fabric sew together to make a fitted top then sew in elastic casings, thread and secure elastic and you are good to go. ***please don't ask me to explain any better one this one I tried my best and the above is it*** I'm hoping if it doesn't make sence someone can traslate better than I can.

I don't know if I am going to secure the batting to the cover or leave it separate... it's going to depend on what I feel like at the time... for others I'd say that usage pattern would be a good deciding factor. if you are going to be moving it around a bunch then secure it if you are going to be leaving it up then maybe it doesn't need to be secure.

TAaaaa DAaaa

whew... I think I've covered it.

I could NOT have done this without SCARLET's above post!!!!!! And no Scarlet you are now off my ignore list ... for now lol

[Little4estKaren]

Man, I wish I would have thought of that for $90 a pop!

(~slap~ should have had a V-8)

karen

[BonaDea]

Update:
Lows didn't have 12' lengths of 2x2's so dh had to buy 5 @ 8' long so we ended up with extra.

All in all he spent $25 and change on the wood, glue, and screws. To make 3 boards.

I used muslin I had around and I had enough quilt batting scraps to make a padded top for the small one... it works great I'm thrilled with the results. I staple guned the batting/fabic to the back of the board since I never wash my ironing board tops anyhow.

For the big boards I'm planning on 3 layers of w&n (50% off tomorrow at JoAnns) with a layer of muslin on top.

The most expensive part of the way I'm doing this project is the w&n... all in all I'll end up out of pocket about $50 for 3 of these boards. I could do it for less by using towles that we have around here as the padding and that could get me back to just the price of the wood.

GO FOR IT!!!!

Thanks Scarlet for the motivation.

[BonaDea]

ooooh ooooooh ooooooh

I'm loving this.
My large cutting mat fits on it, it irons on great. it provided extra support for my quilt as I quilted. This is the BOMB.

I've very pleased with the results.

Wow!! That looks awsome! Hey, and thanks for figuring out all the details,

I'll have my dad make mine, LOL! Looks alot better than ironing on that darned ironing board!

[Scarlet]

good-oh

Come to the dark side Luke! First sewing clothes, now carpentry... trying to think of some other corrupting project.