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Pros & Cons
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Versatility
Customers are highly impressed with the versatility of the workbench, making various tasks easier and more efficient. They praise its ability to hold tools securely during use. Some customers suggest using locking washers for added stability.
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Build Quality
Customers have mixed opinions about the build quality of the Black and Decker WM125 Workmate 125 Portable Work Bench. While some customers praise its sturdiness and solidity, others find it less solid compared to previous models but still good enough for home projects. The product received positive feedback on the ease of assembly and the inclusion of tool-holding slots and measurement markings. However, a few customers noted that the quality could be improved with better attention to detail during manufacturing.

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Quality
This makes the process much easier holding things for sawing, sanding, and routing.
Using the clamping mechanism is easy and works well.
As to build quality, this arguably isn't a 5-star product under any circumstances.
The assembly video on youtube certainly helps, but even it shows a poor way to assemble this, and cheats a lot by editing in la... Read More
Price
Tax - and it's now even cheaper) i am very pleased with the workbench.
It would have been nice if black & decker just manufactured the thing this way, and just provided you with the $0.
Shipping
First off i ordered 2 of these in early november, that arrived in late november.
Packaging/appearance
I forgot the return window for amazon had closed, so i was really nervous when i examined the box, which had obviously been ope... Read More
Competitiveness
I know there are other models, more pricey, but this fits my needs, a 5 star product.
Surprisingly, the powertech mt4006 and harbor freight (us general) 47844 competing product (which is the same from both vendors... Read More
To its credit, the b+d model has bamboo bench tops while the other brands use mdf, but that's not much of a selling point.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
black, needed and same. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 210.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 15,012 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 28 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Like many people i was wary of getting this workbench set up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I actually bought this in may and left it till i needed it september 9 to assemble it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I forgot the return window for amazon had closed so i was really nervous when i examined the box which had obviously been opened and resealed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And even more so when i found one of the plastic bags of parts was opened
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Tip 1 make sure you have the 2 crossbraces identified as the shorter one goes on the inside legs the longer one on the outside legs the holes wont line up if you make the same mistake i did
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are actually 2 sets of 2 and are not identical
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The first set have a protruding knob which fits in the hole in the metal top of the bench
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This set is the one used to attached the nonmoving part of the vise the one without the printed logo and product name on it
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