Black & Decker Workmate

chillyspoon

bladespin wrote: »

Used mine (cheapo lidl variant) until it fell apart after years of use/abuse, am I the only one???

I've got a couple of these; one is in our kitchen (seriously!) still waiting for its "temporary" job as the legs for our kitchen table to be made redundant by me making new legs: https://www.chillyspoon.com/blog/2019/5/10/making-a-kitchen-table-from-a-workbench-and-an-off-cut-of-kitchen-counter-top

.. and the other in my workshop where it has also ended up being pretty much a permanent fixture with a 100cmx75cm piece of 19mm WBP on top being used as a mini-bench.

Also have a B&D Workmate Pro that my parents gave me as a present when we moved house a few years ago, it too has ended up as a semi-permanent fixture holding my router table. I think the pro has a bit more weight to it than the standard one these days but still not as solid/stable as my Dad's original one that's multiple decades old.

Like several others on the thread I just use a couple of sawhorses with some random boards when I need a temporary bench somewhere.

listermint

Lumen wrote: »

I've been using attic loft boards for a while, but they've curled a bit. Any particular type (XPS? EPS?) or thickness?

Whatever you can lay your hands on tbh. But XPS would be best due to density. Glue it to a slim piece of OSB or ply and you have a ready made cutting bench. Safe one

cletus

I'd agree with the wooden sawhorse. I made two of those I beam horses, and better still the 4x2's were free. An old door thrown across them makes a handy enough outside/portable bench, and the shape of the I beam means you can clamp pieces to them as well