Just purchased this, and the instruction booklet was useless. This video made it so easy to assemble, thank you so, so much. Not sure you realize how appreciative people are for these step by step video's. Kudo's to you!
Just got my Workmate 425 this afternoon and after looking at the poorly illustrated instructions, I knew that I was in trouble. So I went to RU-vid and found your AWESOME video. With your help, I was able to assemble mine in about the time it took to watch you put yours together. The channel lock tip is pure genius! You saved me several hours of frustration and the need to use any foul language in the process. Thank you very much for posting!!!!!!
The pins have a beveled point on one end. I tapped the pin closed a bit to shrink it diameter. With the smaller tip, it set right into the hole and was easy to tap in with the hammer.
My sister and I tried to assemble this bench using the instructions only. Very poor drawings. After struggling and determining that we did something wrong, we watched your video and saw where we went wrong. Except for the one inch metal piece which we could not hammer in nor use a wrench. So, we got some nails and inserted them so that they won’t fall out when turning the nobs. You do whatcha gotta do. Thanks for the video.
Received my Workmate 425 this morning, had some issue lining up the 1st plank. With the help of your video I was able to put everything together. Excellent explanation. A big thank you!.
Brother this was one of the most well explained videos I’ve seen on RU-vid! I built mine with your help and instructions….even used the Vice grips for the turn pieces 👍🏽
Just came to the comments to say thank you! I opened it, saw the directions and said, nope! Sure enough, here you were. Perfect video. To the point, helpful, honest and accurate. The channel locks made it a breeze!
You can ALSO remove the center board as you showed is possible....BUT ALSO.....you can then re-position the "rear-most" board ( the one furthest away from you, with "Workmate 425" lettering)..... to the center-position location, of where the middle board USED to be.....to make better use of the holding "dogs" and where the holes for these are and for the clamping distance between the 2 boards to be less...
Black and Decker should be ashamed. Worst 'instructions' ever. No words to explain anything and pictures only give a general idea. You're video was spot on. Well done!
Thank you, thank you thank you for the great instructions. Big help Black & Decker should’ve hired you to explain how to put this . Whoever was in charge of those instructions that were provided for Black & Decker needs to find a new job and hire you to do it right thanks again.😊
Awesome video. Thank you so much. Direct and to the point. Just finished my assembly thanks to you. I used some oil on the small pins and the wholes and it seemed to help.
Just got my B&D Workmate 425 yesterday, and with the help of your video was able to assemble it today! Your presentation, explanation/instructions was excellent. Filming of the pieces to be used was very clear, and more importantly exactly where they were to be inserted was brilliant. Thanks once again for a very clear well thought out and presented video for a complete novice like myself. Kind regards.
Outstanding. This is a very well done explanation -- much better than others I have seen on RU-vid and infinitely better than the terrible instructions that came with the product. Thank you.
Excellent vid. Straight to the point. Didn't waste my time with 5 or 10 minutes of intro, theme music, crappy video effects, etc. Exactly what I needed to know in minimum time, and completely accurate. And, Boy, did the idiots writing the instructions for the Black & Decker Workmate 425 screw the pooch on this one or what? The supplied directions for the workbench were so bad they were EPIC!
This is extremely well explained, although there are some sound issues. I built my Workmate 425 without watching the video. It came out okay so this was validation. If I had watched the video, though, I could have cut the build time at least in half. The directions with the product are not at all intuitive and it took me awhile to figure out the steps.
Got this for a birthday gift yesterday night . Didn’t want to be to loud putting it together that night when I got home so watched this amazingly well done video . This morning put it together from what you told me in the video last night and ditched the instructions. Pretty simple build but I can see how the lock sliders could get swapped around
@@HelpAtMyHome Thanks it was feb29 so I don’t actually have a birthday till next year for leap year . Turing 40/ 10 years old haha I have used the table quite a few times over the last week for my wood carvings and building a chicknick table for the chickens . Cheers
Thanks for the tip about using the vice grips on the pin for the cranks. It worked perfectly. Thanks for a great job on this video. It had me up and running in no time. Great job and keep up the good work on your channel. It is appreciated. Thanks again.
This is a great video - I am pretty handy, and the device is quite intuitive, but the instruction booklet is not great (Honestly, it is far better than other multi-lingual pictorial manuals)
The roll pin for the handles has a slight bevel at one end to help start the pin driving into the hole. Find that beveled end to make it start easier. You're right. The assembly instructions, text and pictures, are horrible. hahaha. The "pipe holder" slots on the edge of the wood were confusing to me. To use both pipe slots for holding a pipe horizontal, you have to take out the middle piece of the top and then use the front and back pieces for the pipe clamp. Then, for the vertical holding pipe slots, it's even more confusing. The wood table top piece closest to front has the vertical slot on the left while the back piece has the vertical slot on the right. Seems like a mistake to me. Would have worked better if both were on the same side. Now, does anyone know what you're supposed to do for clamping odd shaped pieces where one side might be less wide than the other end and the clamps have to move separately to clamp the piece? I considered slipping the plastic belt off their gears that links the side handle cranks since I often work on parts that are not at right angles end to end. Or is there an intentional and designed trick for dealing with that situation? An old workmate bench I had years ago had the two handles as completely separate clamps.
I got so frustrated with the instructions, I called my neighbor over to get a different slant. He had the same issues I had. I sent a request to B&D for help, they referred me to your videi. Turns out we assembled it correctly, and the instructions are screwy. I suggested they add a flyer to the instructions if they aren't going to reprint them more clearly.
The instructions said to put the back board in the middle. Wasn't until I looked at the picture on the box that I realised I was doing it wrong. Those handle pins though........ grrrrr.
Have you ever replaced the plastic belt drive? I repeat, plastic belt drive. Talk about cheap and nasty. If you have and you have a video that would be very helpful. Thanks.
