Cheap workmate mod

[foxhole]

£45 at screwfix at the mo
http://www.screwfix.com/p/folding-work-station/2320p

Looks like it would blow away in a breeze, being plastic it would not hold anything tight due to distortion. Looks very unstable.

 

[crank39]

Honestly fox they wouldn't blow away, yes they're plastic but still very rigid, OK the quick grips could be better quality but most of us have additional sets, you can feed them through the slots and clamp your workpiece down, the table is about 3" thick and covered in webbing for strength, quick easy set up, take up no room at all and light enough to carry and can support a 1000lbs, I have 4 and think they're a brilliant piece of plastic engineering

 

[crank39]

You could of course go for something like this, yes it looks like a proper bit of engineering but you need to attend a 3 day course to learn how to use the thing, I don't know how popular these are, I've never seen any for sale or seen anybody with one, i guess the over complicated engineering is it downfall.....

 

[Deleted member 242536]

Have to agree with Fox, I think the Keter does look like it would blow away or just collapse if I applied too much pressure. I have seen them get great reviews mind. Crank that Walko has some fantastic features on it, add some of them to a simpler version and happy days. I quite like this one personally http://www.screwfix.com/p/wolfcraft-master-200-folding-workbench/1970p?_requestid=223256.

The reason I was looking to mod my cheap one was simply for a learning experience because I'm not as practiced a hand at DIY stuff as I'd like. I've been using it to work on a fence that I'm making using wooden pallets for my dad's house which is a simple start to learn and develop my skills.

I also wanted to add a couple of little additions that I thought might improve the usability of the bench so far I think adding non slip rubber grips between the jaws and a lip underneath might be nice little additions. I'd welcome any other suggestions.

Thanks