Benchmark Portable work bench

[fritter63]

Anybody tried one of these yet? Thoughts?

Benchmark Portable work bench

 

[vwdave]

I've been thinking of trying one out, it looks really cool.  Lets hope someone can tell us more about it.

Dave

 

[Scarpia]

...I can't believe that I am the only one that has one...I have had one about 2 months now and am happy with it. It is of course more expensive than making something similar your self, but I just never seem to be able to find the time to do things like that. I am pretty much a one man nomadic operation and this is pretty easy for one person to fold up and carry around. I can back my van up to it (or move it to the van), slide plywood out of the van and onto the table easily for cross/ long cutting. It does require a little effort to make sure your kerf is in line with the spaces of the table below as 4x8 plywood overlaps a foot on each end and 6 inches on the sides. Smaller pieces do tend to slide around unless they are clamped to the table. Also the table top flexes to match the contour of the ground it is sitting on, there are large adjustable feet provided to level, but it is much faster if you are sitting on a floor, concrete or somewhat level ground. I made up a piece of melamine to use as a top when I need more of a workbench than a cutting surface. I have not found much use for the peg things they provide as of yet. It does need to be assembled, but it was not too bad. I bought it with a tool tray but have not installed it. Any other questions just let me know!

Domenic

 

[Brice Burrell]

Domenic, how about some pictures showing it use???

 

[Scarpia]

Will post a few tomorrow, though I don't have anything very exciting going on at the moment...

 

[vwdave]

Pics wold be great  [big grin].  Did you order it direct from the manufacuter??

Dave

 

[Scarpia]

Yes, ordered from the manufacturer. They emailed me a ups tracking number about 2 hours after I placed the order.  Just two days ago I received an email from them saying they were upgrading the leg locking knobs and were sending new ones for free.

 

[Kev]

I like the look of this - going to see if I can hunt one down this side of the pnd!

 

[BobKovacs]

Jesse Wright, who posts over at the JLC forums has one, and is supposed to be writing a review on it for either JLC or Tools of the Trade, so we should have more info forthcoming at some point.

 

[Scarpia]

Pictures as promised. WARNING: another first time picture poster ahead , thanks for the video tutorial Peter.
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[vwdave]

I need one. It looks very helpful. Thanks for the pics.

Dave

 

[peter halle]

You're welcome. other than the one rotated image - just kidding and poking - you really did a great job in showing details and how to use the table using your images.

Well Done in my book!

Peter

 

[greenMonster]

Looks like you could use it as a laser in that one pic

 

[fritter63]

You know, somebody made a brilliant marketing decision when they chose (nearly) Festool green.

I feel baited...

 

[tallgrass]

is iit me or does this look a lot like this?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_146404-287-AP-20-MP6_4294858112_4294937087_?productId=1017889&Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_Ladders_4294858112_4294937087_%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&facetInfo=

 

[Kev]

is iit me or does this look a lot like this?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_146404-287-AP-20-MP6_4294858112_4294937087_?productId=1017889&Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_Ladders_4294858112_4294937087_%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&facetInfo=

I'm going to go with "it's you" ... geometry could be similar, but it's a different animal completely.

 

[terrystouf]

Looks awesome , I just ordered one , cant wait to try the snap on tool adaptor plates that they make too(comes with the pro package) .Good bye to saw horses , I hope... [thumbs up]

 

[ezdrive]

I am going to kick-start this old thread with an update.  Looks like this company is getting ready to introduce a Miter Saw attachment to this portable workbench.  It looks crude, but useful.

http://www.benchmarktable.com/Casters_p/www.benchmarktable.com/Riser_Pegs_p/www.benchmarktable.com/Miter_Saw_Station_p/a145.htm

Ray

 

[Kev]

Good on Benchmark for growing, I'm sure there's a market for that.

 

[duburban]

a work table and a miter saw stand are two vastly different things for me and i need both in unison.