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  1. 2nd January 2006, 08:27 PM #1
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    Default Making a top for my B&D Workmate

    Ok, so I just bought a Black and Decker Workmate, and a 1200x600x16 sheet of MDF to make a top for it. The MDF is the perfect size, so I don't need to cut it or anything, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to secure it to the top of the Workmate, in an easily removable way. When the Workmate is expanded, the top is 610x346, but there is a 120mm gap the length of the table between the two movable slats. I'm thinking of attaching some pine offcuts (17mm I think) to the MDF to make a secure perimeter around the edge of the Workmate slats. Would PVA wood glue do the trick, or should I screw them on? There are holes in the top of the slats on the Workmate that could be used in securing the MDF, but I reckon pine blocks around the perimeter is easiest. Has anyone got any better suggestions?
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    Screw a batten to the bottom, then screw a secon one to this batten, but only using one screw in the center. Put a washer between the two batterns.

    open the workmate enough to fit the battern. secure the first battern in the workmate, then spin the bottom baternso it is at right angles.

    Thats how I secured the table top for my wifes scroll saw.
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    Why don't you just glue a pine stud down the middle of the board, then use the workmate top to clamp it in position?

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    I had my old scrollsaw mounted to a piece of scrap chipboard, with a thin bit about 50mm wide cut off the end and nailed down the middle of the chipboard. I then closed the workmate jaws and it held it fine
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    I use my 30-year old Workmate as a stand for a bunch of different tools: drill press, mortising machine: hand-powered mitre saw etc. I just fit a couple of parallel battens to the base of each bit of kit, set at the same distance apart as the width of one side of the Workmate's jaws.

    The machine (drill press etc) sits on the front jaw of the Workmate with the battens on either side and I then wind the Workmate closed about the rearmost of the two battens and: Hey Presto! - a secure base.
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  7. 3rd January 2006, 11:19 AM #6
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    Thanks for the ideas guys I ended up using bitingmidge's idea because of it's simplicity. Ta!
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    Take a look at this site, the top sits on a workbench stand
    http://www.versatool.com/index.html
    then if you goto the search page and type "versatool" you will see loads of different pics for ideas
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