Need Recommendations for Portable Workbench for DIY

[radderfire]

Hi Guys

I need to buy a portable workbench as the new skill I'm teaching myself is DIY.

I need it for holding bits of wood for sawing etc. Does anyone have any words of advice or recommendations?

Many thanks

 

[Schizo]

any black and decker workbench will do.

google is your friend.

 

[TheCrow]

Iv got the Stanley Mobile Workbench, very good.

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=stanley+workbench&hl=en&aq=f

 

[Captain_Slick]

DIY is not a skill.

 

[jp_bl_68]

If all you're after is a stable platform to saw bits of wood on then a hop-up might be good enough for the job.

 

[Cosimo]

DIY is not a skill.

Yup, it's a chore.

 

[Captain_Slick]

Yup, it's a chore.

I was going for the "it's the application of a number of skills that would otherwise be undertaken by tradesmen" but that works too.

 

[radderfire]

Thanks for the advice so far guys, keep it coming.

 

[thelonecrouton]

Just clamp the wood between your teeth.

 

[kwerk]

I have a piece of old desktop with a vice screwed to it that I put on the floor to work on stuff. And for working on plywood and big stuff I just put scraps on wood under it and work on the ground. Pretty ghetto. I do have a bunch of clamps which are helpful. For example ripping a 8' length of plywood with a circular saw I just rest the plywood on a couple 8' studs lying the ground and clamp a straight board 4.5" away from the cut line and use it as a rip fence.

Jawhorse looks quite useful

http://www.rockwelltoolsdirect.com/jawhorse/