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Review on 🧩 Complete Plateau of Smooth Fiberboard Bits and Pieces by Michael Schafer

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfect Puzzle Station

We recently rediscovered the fun of puzzles and decided to install a puzzle station so we could spend most of our time solving puzzles - for ourselves and for guests - alone we could get up cleaning, when we needed extra seating. We do not plan to travel with the board. We made some purchases and decided that this product best suited our needs in terms of size, looks and functionality. Straight out of the box, no modifications, we loved it. Since our family room is not brightly lit, we took an attachable magnifying lamp and attached it to the frame of the board. Then we got the Convenience Concepts 191034 XL TV Swivel Stand 2-Tier Swivel Panel for flat screen TVs up to 32 inches or 60 pounds. If we're just assembling the puzzle from the couch, we'll just use the (very handy) swivel base. But when we have a group assembling the puzzle, we put the top shelf up to elevate the puzzle (about 9 inches), making it comfortable for those sitting in chairs. We kept a small wooden easel in the closet and it's perfect for holding the lid of the box so we can see what we're trying to do. Even with modifications, we can disassemble the station in seconds and tuck it under the sofa or Finally, although the drawers are fully functional, we've found that we're better off putting smaller "trays" in the drawers so we can color -/shape/surface sets without having to fully pull out the larger drawers. CD size) we had on hand. Oh, this board isn't big enough for some odd shaped jigsaw puzzles or most 1000+ piece jigsaw puzzles, but it's easy to fix. It's packed between two fairly strong corrugated iron sheets. Glued the two sheets together along the long edge, giving us a work surface of about 52" x 35". Place it on the edge of the puzzle board for support and we'll have enough space to solve almost any puzzle we want to solve. Then we fold it up and hide it behind the sofa when we don't need more space. We are very happy with this purchase.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Good but not great