Workmate hack - Made by Magnus 

The top of my trusty workmate isn’t broken but you may have inspired me to fix it anyways. I’ve always thought it was too low and adding the tool storage and increasing the top size would be super useful!

I ididn't think that model was worth rescue but you did some big improvements to it.

My workmate is by far my most useful extra set of hands, ever! As I have a small garage and an MFT style work surface is a must - I’m definitely going to use your “hack” awesome!!

Thank You Magnus for the Awesome Video. Your Workmate Design is The best on RU-vid.

Dang!! that's one hell of a workshop you got going there! Pro tools for everything. Love it!

I like this. Lots of potential. Scrap of plywood across the orange braces to add a bag of something on top to increase stability. Bag of dirt, gravel what have you? Tip the bag out when you’re done, repeat as needed. Clamp a long table on top with a centre support between the clamps to steady, or make a second one and clamp between as a patio table suitable for large gatherings. Possibilities are endless. I was going to mod my mid 70’s Workmate with wheels but raising the jaws your way is a very appealing option. Thanks for the idea.

Nice Work Mate hack! Very practical and useful!

That is an awesome top

Great box design!

I have 2 of those a small on that was my dad's and a big one I bought as a teenager. Looks like I need to do something similar. Great Job, thanks for the ideas !

great project - great ideas - I love the tool storage and extra height

Best workmate vid by far

Really nice build ! Thanks for sharing - got some ideas for my own beat up workmate. Stay safe and take care

You are finally back in YT. I have been waiting for your new videos. Happy now !

Best mods I have ever seen for a Workmate! I was just given a 225 by a friend and I already had an older one like you were using in the video. I am definitely going to use your idea to mod one of them. Thanks for the cool idea and video!

That is AWESOME!

Very nice!

Great modification 🔨👍😊

Молодец! Отличная идея и отличное воплощение. Однозначно +. У меня был аналогичный, сломанный верстак. Я в своё время изготовил чуть большие, новые деревянные поверхности из ламинированной фанеры. Но теперь к ним изготовлю дополнение по вашему примеру. Благодарю Вас за замечательную идею.

It must be so nice to have all the gadgets like this in a workshop . 😊

Great upgrade over the original workmate. 👍

Looks like you work well together.

That is a great idea, keep them coming.

Smart dude.

excellent mods Magnus.

Dude! That is brilliant! 😊👊 My workmate looked exactly like your "before picture". ("Someone" left it out in the rain with heavy load on it...). I only replaced with some silly planks with dumb holes in them. I need to get rid of those immediately and replace them with your clever solution! Very well done buddy! 👍👍

Looks like a Harbor Freight Clamping Workbench... I recently bought one to keep in my detached garage for quick jobs, even though I have an actual Black & Decker 79-041 Workmate that I keep in my basement workshop... I just don't like carrying up the steps and 200 feet to my other garage for quick jobs. Really like your custom top... the weakest point of that HF clamping workbench is the front metal plate behind the adjustment handles... after a couple of uses, I noticed the left handle was rubbing on the wood top... the thin metal front plate became distorted inward causing the handle to be drawn inward. I'm going to remove the handles as soon as I get a proper roll pin punch, and insert a wide metal washer over the screw bar to stiffen the front plates. On a side note, I just bought a nice older (1977) B&D 79-001 Type 2 workmate from Craig's List for $20... looking forward to doing some modifications to it... much better built than the HF "workmate".

That was a good one!

Sweet man! I like how many options that has...you really made it explode with possibilities! Hey, stop leaving us hanging for new videos man...first dekeros left us, then you were gone...I need my Swedish fix 😜

It would be real nice if you would turn down the music so I could hear what you're saying.

2:55 fo shizzle

Good idea and useful for sure. Sadly, and I know you were making due with what you had and recycling used up equipment to give it new life, but that idea deserves a sound base and not flimsy legs. I may have to do that using a newer version of Black and Deckers' Workmate base. It would be larger, more stable, extremely useful compared to the stock table that comes with them. Great idea. Thank you.

Hi. Great job. Where did you buy those clamps and such that you showed at the end? Link? Thanks

Can you tell me more information about the clamps with the dogs that fit into the holes in the workmate top that you used to hold the wooden bowl ?

Nice upgrades. I wouldn't have trusted that glue, and reinforced those parts with some screws. Otherwise, it looks great.

I have two Workmates that can use new tops. What did you set the top of the table height to be?

Jag älskar dig.går det bra för dig nu?

Nice upgrade - that's a lot of clamping options! Did you build it with the height of the socket wrench in mind, or was that a happy accident? 😉

Trodde inte att det skulle bli mer på tuben, kul att se dig även om jag tror detta materialet har något år på nacken? För visst var den bänken nymoddad när du var hos mig?

I really wanted to watch this, but the background music/noise drove me away.

Schönes Projekt, aber die Arbeitshöhe wäre mir um 20 cm zu niedrig.

He has all that expensive equipment and repairs a cheap chinese work bench!