Cutting Tables are an essential tool for crafters and businesses big and small. They provide a sturdy, smooth, and flat surface that helps with accurate measurements and cuts. Owning a cutting table can increase the flow of work by creating a perfect environment for working with materials and prints.
What are some uses for cutting tables?
1. Fabric Cutting for Sewing
Cutting Tables are perfect for laying out fabric and sewing patterns. It offers an open and smooth space to cut fabric pieces with precision using cutters or scissors. You can easily adjust fabric layers, ensuring your cuts are straight and accurate. Managing fabric on a cutting table surface makes for a much easier process.
2. Quilting
You can use a cutting table to measure and cut fabric strips, blocks, and squares for quilt projects. The flat surface is great for layering quilt pieces. A cutting table aids in reducing errors and streamlines the quilting process.
3. Crafting and DIY Projects
For general crafting, a cutting table is perfect for cutting paper, cardboard, vinyl, and other materials. You can also use it for stenciling, scrapbooking, and DIY decor projects. The large surface makes it easy to measure and cut materials.
4. Garment Making and Alterations
Making clothes from scratch or altering existing garments? A cutting table helps lay out fabric and patterns efficiently so the materials are neat. It’s also great for cutting interfacing, lining, or hemming fabric evenly. A sturdy cutting surface will ensure clean, straight cuts, improving the garment’s fit and finish. Great for small businesses as well as large companies.
5. Home Decor DIY
A cutting table is perfect if you love home DIY, it can be used for cutting fabric for curtains, cushions, upholstery, and many other DIY home projects. If you love seasonal crafting projects, a cutting table will enhance the process of your home DIY creations. Creating fun, DIY experiences you can repeat every season!
6. Leatherworking
For leatherworkers, a cutting table provides the ideal surface for cutting leather patterns, stamping designs, and assembling projects like bags, belts, or wallets. The robust and sturdy surface supports precision work, ensuring clean edges and perfect alignment when cutting or tooling leather.
7. Photography and Artwork
Photographers and artists can use a cutting table to trim photographs, artwork, or prints with precision. Whether you're matting photos or mounting artwork, the flat surface helps to achieve clean, professional-looking results. Cutting Tables can also make for a great smooth surface to work on for artists, similar to a desk.
8. Multi-Purpose Workspace
A cutting table isn't just for cutting—it's a versatile workspace. Our tables are bespoke and custom-made so if requested, can come with built-in storage, drawers, and shelves for organizing tools, fabric, and supplies. It can also be used as an ironing surface by adding accessories such as a heat-resistant mat. If the user is standing for a long time, an anti-fatigue mat could benefit the user.
- Cutting Tables are also the perfect workspace for children in classroom education, from primary school to university, these tables are built to last generations. They are great for textiles, fashion, workshops, art classes & much more.
Things to Consider Adding to a Bespoke Cutting Table
- Self-Healing Mat: Protect your cutting table by using a self-healing cutting mat, which also allows for smoother cutting.
- Choose the Right Height: Ensure your cutting table is at a comfortable height to prevent back strain during long cutting sessions. Consider enquiring about height-adjustable options.
- Organize Materials & Tools: Add storage areas under the table or storage areas for materials to keep your workspace and tools tidy and organized.
- Anti-Fatigue Mats: Long-standing periods can cause health issues and be uncomfortable, try adding these mats to create a healthier environment for standing.
- Material Cutters & Dispensers/Material Trough: Streamline the process of measuring, cutting & handling materials with these accessories.
- Fabric and Tool Storage: Keep the workspace clear and organized with our bespoke storage solutions.
Check out our previous work, a CASE STUDY for a large business that required industrial-sized cutting tables for production.
Browse our website: spaceguard.co.uk
or Contact Us via Email: sales@spaceguard.co.uk / Call: 01482 363445
for advice, information & a FREE quote!
Looking to pack and sell orders made with a cutting table? You may also require ergonomic packing tables to streamline the process! Browse our sister website: packingtables.co.uk
Find out more about Spaceguard Ltd on their member profile page here
Member-created content 2 months ago | From members