In article , "Bill Stock" wrote:
I'm really getting cramped for space in the hole I call my workshop. Useable
space (excluding storage) is about 10x14, which holds the bench, planer,
tablesaw, dust collector, drill press and other miscellaneous crap.

I've had an old B&D WorkMate for ~20 years and love it.

Of course, the size is limited but that's sort of the
point.


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Malcolm Hoar wrote:
In article , "Bill Stock"
wrote:
I'm really getting cramped for space in the hole I call my
workshop.
Useable space (excluding storage) is about 10x14, which holds the
bench, planer, tablesaw, dust collector, drill press and other
miscellaneous crap.

I've had an old B&D WorkMate for ~20 years and love it.

Of course, the size is limited but that's sort of the
point.

The new Stanley FatMax Project Center is similar in concept--not sure
if it's a real improvement though.

The Fatmax is narrower, has built in cord storage and a power strip,
folds and unfolds in a single motion, and doubles as a hand truck.
Downside is that being narrower it's not as stable, and it lacks the
Workmate's step that makes it easy to hold the Workmate down with your
body weight.


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Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
Gary Player. |
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Malcolm Hoar wrote:
I've had an old B&D WorkMate for ~20 years and love it.

Of course, the size is limited but that's sort of the
point.



I still do!

Mine gets used as everything from a finishing table, to a shop dummy, to
an actual mini-bench.

The OP should check out the "I Can Do That" series in Popular
Woodworking Magazine or on popwood.com. The whole point of the series
is to show real woodworking done with basic tools. The "bench" of the
series is a Workmate.