Good idea with the extension! My workshop has an electrical socket in the centre of the ceiling. I plug an extension into that then clip it to a rafter so that Ican pull it down to use - no trailing leads on the floor.
brilliant. I bought a house that strangely has three workbenches. But I love my little workmate to take outside and make garden beds, etc. it's just too handy! Thanks for those tips because I've never really had a solution for the bench dogs or tools. :-)
Cracking mods to your Workmate and seriously clever to have them built to not interfere with the everyday use and also the fold, which is some achievement... 👏🏻 Thank you for sharing these, a couple of which I have attempted on mine (the easier/more simple ones first!) and others I will be keen to add when we finally move into our new home and I can properly sort the garage into a workshop... 👍🏻 I will look forward to seeing the further mods you mentioned and have sub’d already... 😉
Thanks for a great video. Enjoyed seeing all your well thought-out mods. Something to aspire to esp. the power mate attachment. I couldn't see a link to the clips/brackets you mentioned at the end of the video to holding the long soft rubber clamp covers. Can your reshare the link please?
This is brilliant! I thought I had seen every modification possible for these things, and there you are, you've come up with new ideas! Where do you get the paper of the correct width?
@@DIYTinkerer well I got on Craigslist and just picked up a 425 in good condition for $20! I’ll put my 300 up for $20 too and probably just give it away to whoever wants it.
Really nice. I’m on the hunt for an elegant solution for repairing/ replacing a workmate folding leg that’s long gone. If I find anything I like I’ll share but if you happen to do it then I’ll be interested in seeing what your come up with. Thanks for the material.
In your opinion, do you believe it is practical to drill out all of the rivets holding my B&D Workmates 626 together and replace them with nuts and bolts?
So I've not had any need to replace the rivets, I assume you mean the rivets used on the folding mechanism, having had a quick look, I'd say you need to be careful with the clearance if using nut and bolts, as it looks like the folding mechanism has to pass some of them. Also you would need to consider how you prevent them from coming loose. But the biggest concern would be if it will fold up afterwards, so check those clearances first!
Really inspiring mods - well thought out. I have a problem with my WorkMate 536, it does not hold steel conduit firmly enough when tapping threads - the conduit rotates. Any ideas on how to fix that?
The main jaw has a v along its length for pipes, if this can't provide enough grip then you could try supplimenting the grip with some thin rubber sheet such as a bit of old bike inner tube, you could try the same with the bench dogs which also have a v on them for pipes
Hello, I liked the updated Workmate mods that you did. Your panel supporting the vice, did I see correctly you mounted the metal 'buttons" for locking the panel into the rear slots? Where did you get your metal locking buttons? Thanks and have a good day.
Hi John, glad you liked them, the vice uses M12 bolts, these fit like the locking buttons, the hex head has to be parallel to the slot in the frame, to fit through the wide part of the slot and the shaft of the bolt fits the narrow part of the slot in the frame, they act just like the buttons.
What I do is add some weights to the metal step - this makes a big difference - you can probably spy them in some of my other videos. I've also seen someone who screwed the workmate to a OSB sheet so they stand on the sheet when planing which is also attached to the workmate - but sometimes you just need a woodworking bench...
