I have had one of these for a very long time now - slightly smaller surface, but can be clamped onto another table to make a more comfortable working height, and has a tool box underneath 
Does anybody use a Workmate?
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A Zyliss Vice is better than a workmate in my opinion and they turn up on Ebay often enough at reasonable prices, you just have to take your time and snipe one.
They were called Zyliss Vices but have been re branded with the Z vise name to appeal to the American market (complete with American spelling) but they have been made for years and sell quite cheap.
They were called Zyliss Vices but have been re branded with the Z vise name to appeal to the American market (complete with American spelling) but they have been made for years and sell quite cheap.
I agree, the original can't be beaten. Once they started to cut production costs they lost the "kill proof" robustness.
Or a bit of wood, a fire door layed down across a couple of joiners stools, half a sheet of ply, table.
Yep, another firm believer here!
I use my B&D not as much as I should, because I have to use it outside, but I wouldn't want to go without!
I use my B&D not as much as I should, because I have to use it outside, but I wouldn't want to go without!
Yes i also have one its about 10 years old now and is used all over the house and in my workshop if I need the extra bench space. The best use I get from it is outside at sales and wood fairs. I have a couple of vices one a carpenters and one a mechanics bolted to a piece of ply with a batten underneath. this does several things it lifts up the vice to my height and i can change the vice to siut the type of job I am doing.
they are fantastic! make sure it is black and decker, sturdy as anything, i have handled axes and sledge hammers on mine, if it can take that, it can take anything. when buying one make sure to look at what top it has, chipboard ones dont like water very much, mdf ones are flimsy and wont stand up to much, the plyboard ones are great and i used one of them for ages, but my latest one tops them all by far, its a bamboo top, made from lots of strips of bamboo all put together, very very very solid
and here's a link to be helping you:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p68440 (that is the bamboo one)
ATB,
TJ
and here's a link to be helping you:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p68440 (that is the bamboo one)
ATB,
TJ
Cheers TJ, didn't realise that they had different tops!
There's a lot of praise for these things, I like the fact it folds up out of the way of SWMBO too....
There's a lot of praise for these things, I like the fact it folds up out of the way of SWMBO too....
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I've had mine for about 20+ years and I have done everything with it made knives to rebuilding our kitchen. Great piece of kit.
Mine's got to be at least 25 years old... has a plywood worktop that's solid as you can ask for. Great bit of kit and you can't really fault them
i used one for 2 years and atached my vice
if you want tools try boot sales and as a rule the oldest thing you can fined is the best qualaty
if you want tools try boot sales and as a rule the oldest thing you can fined is the best qualaty
Ive got two that live in the garden and take shedloads of abuse.
Ive stood boats on them, engines, outboards, doors, you name it....
I dont like the vices on mine, probably because they have warped from the weather. I would strap a bench vice on it if I needed anything held tightly, or just do it in the kitchen, where I have a wooden bench with vice.
Ive stood boats on them, engines, outboards, doors, you name it....
I dont like the vices on mine, probably because they have warped from the weather. I would strap a bench vice on it if I needed anything held tightly, or just do it in the kitchen, where I have a wooden bench with vice.
12 stone end of boat on the workbench..
Same bench being used to wind fibreglass spinnaker poles..
Using it to angle grind rudders to shape..
Holding it while fibreglassing..
This bench has really taken some abuse..
Here its holding a strip being routed.
From the one with the boat on it, to the last ones covers a period of 3 years. The bench was already a decade or so old.
My kids have just used it to build another couple of canoes since then.
Same bench being used to wind fibreglass spinnaker poles..
Using it to angle grind rudders to shape..
Holding it while fibreglassing..
This bench has really taken some abuse..
Here its holding a strip being routed.
From the one with the boat on it, to the last ones covers a period of 3 years. The bench was already a decade or so old.
My kids have just used it to build another couple of canoes since then.
I've got one thats about 15 years old and still works as good today as the day mmy dad got it.
I've used it to make a couple of Enzo's.
I've used it to make a couple of Enzo's.
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