Retailing from around 60 pounds the Qatar founding workbench offers quick assembly
and great stability it has plenty of great reviews but doesn't live up to its reputation
stay tuned to find out
so after six or seven years of previous ownership of one of these Keter workbenches I had to replace
it because unfortunately it got folded up incorrectly and one of the legs just well
it stacked and wasn't my fault I'm not gonna blame anybody but uh let's just say it wasn't Mr was it
Mrs order anyway these things are awesome I really like them they're compact uh they're easily just
easy to store being plastic don't have to worry about them getting wet uh they weigh people take
about 11 kilos so the the bit weighty but you can check them in there Chuck them in the workshop
um doesn't really matter really it's a very very portable
um all ABS plastic so uh not the strongest material in the world but they
um well I I said cheap and cheerful around 60 pounds so it's not exactly breaking the
bank and like I said my last one lasted me about six or seven years before it was untimely demise
so uh let's get the packet open and just see really why I think these things are so good well
not much packaging on these things because well they don't need it
just a bit of cardboard it's a tape
apparently you can get these open in about 30 seconds
okay so just a quick description of these uh you've got your guide rails for where your clamps
can go in a couple of extra handles or some points where you can put your caps through so you can
lock them on as well you'll release catches one on each side which will come apart in a second and
this little hole here is a little safety catch that will actually say lock when you've seen
the table into position so 30 seconds I reckon I could probably do it less because I have to
have to put it down on the floor nice and flat on a nice safe area get your
hands underneath each handle thumbs on the release catches pull them back and
you presto now what you do need to do underneath here we carry handle hop through the top
the lid folds up now we do is just push it all the way around
oh I changed the design very slightly from
the last one so let's take it a bit longer than the 30 seconds you've got the side supports here
you need to just pull them up into them out to make sure they're there then you can take the
sensor handle and lock it in and as I show you so a minute ago now the locks symbol is in position
now these things apparently they can take off weight of around thousand kilos or a
thousand pounds or thousand kilos where a thousand pounds that's uh 450ish kilos
I don't recommend it but I have used these as tables for standing on to get into points where
I've been lazy enough to get steps up but hey don't tell the wife that walk Insurance Company
they have two clamps which are integrated into the mouldings
now these things these things I really like made a metal strong abs and again they've
updated the design a little bit since the the last version but it's still very similar you
just push the catch in and it will just slide open similarly so will the back one so you can change
the actual position of where you want things to go now fitting them into these very very simple
if you come on round
you've got the two pins with two pins slide into the hole run it down the rail
and then the pins on the back here lock in just down there now sometimes what you need to do
to get that to lock in you need to pull the trigger because that releases the catch there
you see and as I do that that should lock in but because the voice is actually in the wrong place
there we go so it has been a little while since I've actually used these clouds
and the reason I actually funnily enough is because I broke the clamps on my last one so it's
been probably a few years since I've done them and used them but to release them again I just
pull the handle and they just pop straight out in again but really really easy you can have wood
plastic other Machine Tools obviously and you just simply just pull the trigger like you do anyways
to loosen it push the button on the back you can
push it out or again we can release it on the rear clamp
one thing I would say about these because the reason I've broken these
and the last one yeah that's actually quite stiff
just needs a bit of flavour that's new because this area here is metal and mechanisms inside
are obviously all metal they are susceptible to a bit of damp and the reason why I failed
before was because basically they got all rusty and it would basically fell apart and
the mechanisms stopped working so my advice is every time you finish using these make
sure you wipe them off with a clean cloth get the debris off of them just give it a
very thin coat of oil just helps it last a lot longer helps keep the damp off to store
these just simply put them back to how you had before and as you can see with this one here
the uh and the moulding underneath the table
hold it in fold it in the right way
foreign there you go all in place ready for you to take to your next job or just simply fold it away
Workshop to unlock them now what you mustn't do with these and I learned again from first-hand
knowledge of doing it myself is the handle which you would carry it with is just in there now
a couple convenience sake you'd think great just go in there pull the handle out don't
do that because the force of just holding this in place you run the risk of actually snapping
the points which hold the handle on and then got the handle the carrier with so what you need to do
just come around the back of it and just give it a bit of a knock with the palm of your hand
just to push it out and then on both sides just gently break
the hinges and it should just simply oh to put into position
there you go you're ready to take it wherever you want to take it so yeah I think these
are these are absolutely great they do have a few downsides um one of them big
that because they're ABS plastic I assume low mould is that underneath
to get the strength it's just crisscross plastic now that's great for weight saving
but if you wanted to take the clamp and he wanted to clamp it that way across you simply can't do it
you need to put another block of wood underneath or a piece of metal or if you're really lucky if
you clamp small enough you might just get it into one of the holes that's one of my bug
bears with this but this is a 60 pound table it folds up you can Chuck it in the back of
the van Chuck it in the corner of your Lounge don't tell the wife I don't mind the sofa even
or even under the sofa these things I mean they're they're practical they're versatile
chop through it with a saw I did that of the other one it took took it um like any other
bench and like I said it's very strong you can stand on it very very light just moving
around pick it up put it anywhere you like put your chop saw on it cut your wood on it even
do metal work on it probably wouldn't weld on it because your property melts it but uh yeah
fantastic piece of kit
to let me know if you have a cast of workbench or if you're looking to get
one yourself and tell me what you think about it obviously very different from the wooden
and metal counterparts but equally as good in its own way if you have any questions
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when I made the video on how to use it the missions can watch yeah without breaking it again