Electric tailor bench

The electric tailor bench is used by tailors to produce clothing. It can still operate without electricity, but at a reduced production speed slower than that of its non-electric counterpart, the hand-tailoring bench.Like other production stations, a bill must be created to specify what items are to be produced and what textiles may be used. Materials that are used to make clothing are textiles, which consists of leathers and fabrics. The only exception is tuques, which can only be crafted from fabrics. Each clothing item produced has a certain quality depending on the crafting skill of the colonist. An item's market value, deterioration rate, defense rating and temperature resistance are all determined by the material substance and crafting quality.

Grown cloth is the baseline material used for tailoring, being easy to grow and providing mundane stats across the board. Devilstrand by comparison provides much better protection, but is extremely difficult and slow to grow and not useful for equipping a starting colony. Leather based apparel typically has improved defense ratings while domesticated animal wool has excellent temperature tolerance for extreme climates.

If a tailoring job is interrupted for any reason, the crafter will drop the piece, usually on the workbench, and it will be in an unfinished state until the crafter finishes it. A crafter cannot work on another crafter's piece and only 1 unfinished piece can be made per bill. The piece will indicate the name of the crafter and how much work is remaining. The stockpile filter includes an entry for unfinished apparel which allows the player to control where they are stored. Unfinished pieces can be cancelled at any point to return 75% of the materials.

An effective tool for ensuring that only quality garments from a tailoring bench are retained is to set your colonists to only wear clothes above a certain quality level using the 'Assign' tab. This way, you can ensure they only wear the best clothes, while leaving the inferior quality clothes to sell.

Up to two nearby tool cabinets can be connected to an electric tailoring bench to increase work speed.

**Clothing items that can be crafted**
Item	Work Amount	Materials Needed	Weight	Materials	Base Market Value	Value/Work	Value/Materials	Value/Weight
Cowboy hat	30	25	0.14	Textiles	44	1.47	1.76	314.29
Bowler hat	30	20	0.14	Textiles	36	1.20	1.80	257.14
Tribal headdress	100	50	0.11	Textiles, no leather	97	0.97	1.94	881.82
Tuque	20	20	0.07	Textiles, no leather	34	1.70	1.70	485.71
War mask	50	25	1.40	Wood	38	0.76	1.52	27.14
War veil	24	20	0.08	Textiles, no leather	35	1.46	1.75	437.50
Tribalwear	30	60	0.50	Textiles	96	3.20	1.60	192.00
Parka	134	80	2.00	Textiles	149	1.11	1.86	74.50
Pants	27	40	0.50	Textiles	66	2.44	1.65	132.00
T-shirt	27	40	0.25	Textiles	66	2.44	1.65	264.00
Button-down shirt	45	45	0.30	Textiles	77	1.71	1.71	256.67
Duster	167	80	2.00	Textiles	156	0.93	1.95	78.00
Jacket	117	70	1.70	Textiles	130	1.11	1.86	76.47
Formal shirt	100	65	0.25	Textiles	119	1.19	1.83	476.00
Corset / Formal vest	200	45	0.75	Textiles	111	0.56	2.47	148.00
Prestige robe	334	100	0.75	Textiles	220	0.66	2.20	293.33
Ladies hat / Top hat	100	50	0.10	Textiles	97	0.97	1.94	970.00
Cape	267	80	2.00	Textiles	178	0.67	2.23	89.00
Beret	67	35	0.10	Textiles	67	1.00	1.91	670.00

Construction

Construction requirements include steel and components. The principal material can be wood or any kind of metal. The material chosen does not affect the speed to tailor clothing items.