Hi... this is my first time using a channel lock; I can't seem to figure out how to get this pin pushed in using it. Do I need to turn into The Hulk or something? Seriously.. pls help me!!
This video is a godsend. Not only are the instructions terrible, other videos are similarly useless. I didn't find this video right away. It should be the first people find. This is the ONLY helpful video for this product. Tremendous! Thank you!!!!
THANK YOU! Black and Decker should pay you for this video, it's probably saved them god knows how many returns. I got to the exact same spot everybody else did and thought I was going insane. I can't believe this video has been out for over two years and they still haven't fixed the instructions.
I'm a member of the 4H club! (step 4 part H!!!). I read those instructions and was like some dude on youtube must have this figured out. Your video was clear and concise and had some great tips! Bravo!
Thank you for this video! It was extremely helpful. It's amazing that a company this large can't at least slap labels on the boxes saying "read our updated instructions online!" with a URL and QR code, let alone the fact that they left out some key steps in the manual in the first place.
Yep I started with the guys quick video that’s about 7:36 long and it was wrong on the very first step. He put the washer in the wrong place. So I stopped and found another video and that one was wrong too. Grateful that it frozen half way through and I stooped and found this video which got me done. Thank you for the help!
Black+Decker needs to cut you a check! After a solid half hour of frustration with the provided Black+Decker instructions followed by the official Black+Decker assembly youtube video THANK THE MAKER I FOUND YOUR VIDEO! Thanks for taking the time to show the poor souls that have tried and failed with the official instructions... Your a beast
Thank you!!!!! The 2nd pin slipped the force i was applying with my channelocks and went flying into my neighbors pool... I bent a common nail in the hole MUCH more easily!!! God sent me your/this video!!!
I’ve Seen some useless instructions provided with things before but these black and decker ones really were something else! Just wish I had just looked on TH-cam for an instruction video straight away and saved 15 minutes of my life. Clear concise instructions, much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this video! I have put many pieces of furniture together by myself and I'm so happy to find out that I am not the only one who thought the instructions were as clear as mud.
THANK YOU! The instruction sheet is WORTHLESS! With your video I had this together in minutes! Your tip on putting the handle retaining pins in with the channel lock pliers was a LIFESAVER, THANK YOU!
Thank you for this video! The assembly instructions are difficult to read and, even worse, inaccurate. Your video is clear, concise and actually shows the correct way to assemble the Workmate. Thanks for making this incredibly helpful video!
This instructional video is very clear and accurate. I just put mine together using the paper manual that came with the kit. Both the text and the diagrams were certainly inadequate and misleading in a couple of key areas. I would have liked to have seen this video before I assembled the WM125. The sequence of assembly in this video is much better than what the manual directs. Thank you to the fellow who made the video. I should add that the online user manual is much better than the paper manual that comes with the kit.
Thank you so very much. Your instructions TH-cam should be mentioned in the printed assembly instructions. I could not have completed it without your video.
Sir. You saved my life IN FULL. Thank you SO MUCH. I feel like the only murky step in here was putting on the vice screw, you cover it up a bit so I couldnt see where it needed to line up.. i hopped to another video for that part.. i just needed to see another angle. Otherwise flawless, chill, and goes at the perfect pace. Tysm. Also if anyone is having issues with the “friction pin” thing, i took a set of very strong grip wire pliers and squeezed the pin just enough so itd line up with the hole (the most annoying part). Lightly tapped it with a rubber mallet then pushed it in with the spaced pliers like in the video. Worked great. Also if you cant find those pieces, just be sure not to prematurely toss out the screw/washer bags like I did- they were buried pretty snug in there.
Saved me from an hour of frustration and probably from chucking this damn thing through the window! I had to use a rubber mallet to get the turning knobs together. Your tip to use Channellocks (pipe/slip joint pliers) for the pins was an absolute life-saver! Thanks!
Thank you for the video. Instructions were became useless halfway through and your video guided me the rest of the way. The pin insertion is a test in patience and trial and error.
Thank you so much for the video! I read Amazon review about how difficult to put this together, someone referred your video. I made the purchase decision after watching your video, now watch again after receiving my workmate, you made this so much easy, thank you again!
Thank you so much for this! I don't know what I would've done without your help just using the garbage instructions that came with the product. Fantastic work on this video!
I’m reading the comments and haven’t found this one yet. After struggling to put the handle together for about an hour, I finally squeezed the ends of the orange part together with pliers, and that seems to have made enough of a difference that I could pop the black and orange pieces together by bracing them against the floor. I saw down below that someone put the in pins to attach the handle to the bench with a C-clamp, I’m going to try that tomorrow because I only got it about 3/4 of the way in. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you! Mine came without instructions which, based on the comments and your commentary, probably save me a lot of frustration. Went together easily in about 15 minutes. Good tip on the adjustable wrench to insert the pins. Worked perfectly.
Great video. 1:07 Hint: The supplied plastic Nut Driver has a small and large Hex opening at either end respectively, the small hex end is designed to hold the 4 small nuts while screwing in the Phillips Head bolts used on the 2 cross member brackets (Z & Y). No fingers, pliers or wrench required.
Thank you! THANK you!! THANK YOU!!! I was right next to taking apart what little I was able to assemble, returning this table, and ordering a different Brand! Your video, as others have correctly called it, IS a Godsend, AND is the best one available for assembling this table. In my 3-Star Amazon Review of the Workbench, I specifically referred to, and highly recommended, your Channel's Assembly Video as being "compassionate, step-by-step assembly instructions." Because of those "instructions" from Hell, I could not with a clear conscience give it more than 3 Stars. Thanks, again, for taking the time to make this very helpful Video!
I got this workbench at such a great deal I couldn't say no but when I read the reviews about how difficult it was to put it together I approached the task with a certain amount of dread. Your video, however, made the whole process practically effortless. Much appreciated!
HELP! I have been trying to get the handles installed on this darn thing and it won't work. I am using a slightly angled channel lock and applying pressure, but the little pins refuse to go into the metal hole. Q: are the pins supposed to fit into the metal bar holes from the onset? Mine do not and I feel like it's impossible to get the pins into that hole. Any help/advise would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for this helpful video! The paper instructions were garbage and it took me hours and I just looked at this video that made more sense. Thank you so much! 👍🏾
This video was very helpful! I think mine might have gotten bent in shipping but with the knowledge from this video and with a bit of my sons help I should be able to slap this together hehe
You my dude. Just thanks. I bought this for my DYI jazz and was completely boggled at the directions not to mention they sent me extra screws and other accessories. I'm happy to say thanks to you it's completed.
Wow, thank you so much for this!! I was able to build the frame but when I got to the handles (where you basically said the instructions say this, but don’t 😂). I kept thinking ‘as pictured? I don’t see any of those 4 steps in this one illustration.’ This video is one of the kindest things I’ve seen on TH-cam!!! Lol, thank you so much!!
So thankful that I found this video first! Still had problems with the friction pin, so I have to go buy channel locks. But at least it is together, no thanks to B&D...
At least you received instructions. I'm here because none were included in mine. I bought this with leftover credit card points. I would never buy B&D products under normal circumstances. Besides of their low cost junk, they design for obsolescence like changing battery designs frequently so that when the battery goes out in your year old drill, you can't get a replacement. Judging by its quality, it will probably be out in bilk trash in a couple weeks.
Thanks a lot for the video. The instructions in the manual were not helpful. I was going nuts trying to figure out their Step 4. You save me from a trip to the psychiatrist. Thank you
I had to pause and replay quite a few times but only because your video was so straightforward and you would’ve taken over an hour hour to do this just like it took me (after time wasted on some other guy half explained video) 😩😂 Thank you so much for you very accurate and detailed instructions I could not have put this together without it!!!!
THIS VIDEO IS A LIFESAVER! The manufacturer's "Instructions" are WORSE than useless. Possibly the worst I've ever encountered. (Maybe that's why I got it from Home Depot for $16?) TIP: I used vice grips to squeeze the barrels of the two small friction pins together (making them narrower) before hammering them in.
Thank you so much for this. When I got to step 4 in the instruction book I thought I was having a stroke or something, good to know it wasn't just me haha
Thank you thank you thank you. This is my second day working on this thing and you help me put it together. I think it would have been easier to put the titanic together.
Thank you so much for the awesome video! In frustration, I was on the verge on returning it, but contacted the B&D help chat and they sent me the link to this video. After that it went together in just a few minutes. B&D should pay you for this and I did suggest they put this video link on page 1 of the instructions, LOL. Two additional ideas: My hands aren't as strong as yours, so I used a hammer to snap the two parts of the crank together. Put a small block of wood over the orange plastic part to distribute the force evenly and tapped it with the hammer a few times...worked like a charm. For the handle pin insertion I used a 4" C clamp and just tightened it until the pin was flush...that worked like a charm also. Again...great video!!!
Like so many projects that come with dozens of parts and incomplete or poor instructions so was my B&D Workmate 125. Normally, I struggle thru, with many curse words, but I figure it out. When this handyman guy hits a point where he says the instructions are useless... they are. Within a minute or two I was unstuck and rapidly completed assembly. Thanks for a great video that was on point with no useless chatter.
Thanks so much for doing this, the directions were terrible. Was great with your help. The only part I wasn’t 100% sure on was what was the front in the beginning I figured out later that is the part of the frame that has the endcap on it made of metal, that the vice screw goes through. Thanks again
This video saved me much aggravation. The part "H" missing instructions are inexcusable as they are critical to the assembly. I imagine I would have figured it out eventually but that would have been hours of cursing and screaming on my part. Thank You!
Great tips, thank you! I figured out that if you flip the tightening tool you can tighten the nuts that are on the front & rear brackets. It has a smaller hex shape
I’m with everyone else here, I sat there pondering and then actually READING the instructions multiple times before I thought, Nope you’re not looking at it wrong, these directions are missing an entire section. THANK YOU for showing us all that crazy missing step!! I have lil T Rex hands so those pins like to kill me. I finally had to squeeze one end to narrow the channel a hair and then still nearly gave myself an aneurysm applying the channel locks. There’s no way you’re getting those pins in without channel locks.
I came here to learn about the friction Pin and learned how to put this together properly. The instructions suck. Your video made this go fast and easy.✌️
Thank you for this! I got stuck right where you said the instructions got extra vague (“as pictured” but there’s no picture!). I had a lot of trouble getting the handles to snap together and ended up using the flat side of my hammer to hit the orange piece until it popped into place.
Thank you! Purchased mine on Amazon. I was stuck on step 4 and I kept going back and forth, clearly I missed something. Nope, horrible instructions. You are a life saver!!
Thank you so much for this video! Incredibly helpful and very clear instructions. I was struggling with the incomprehensible instructions for about 30 minutes until I threw in the towel and was saved by your video 😂
Thank you for the video. I've been following along and am stuck at putting the red handles into the black. I even tried hammering them and almost broke one side. Any suggestions? Female with female only strength. :/
Another female here with delicate little hands. I used the rubber mallet method suggested by another viewer. The channel locks still require manly strength that I simply don't have.
Read our WorkMate 125 (WM125) instructions: helpatmyhome.com/how-to-build-a-blackdecker-workmate-125-portable-workbench/
Hi... this is my first time using a channel lock; I can't seem to figure out how to get this pin pushed in using it. Do I need to turn into The Hulk or something? Seriously.. pls help me!!
This video is a godsend. Not only are the instructions terrible, other videos are similarly useless. I didn't find this video right away. It should be the first people find. This is the ONLY helpful video for this product. Tremendous! Thank you!!!!
Glad it helped! Thanks for the kind words.
Thankfully this is the first I found 🙌 thank you very much!!
I’m so glad I didn’t click on the 14 minute video after reading your comment 😂
This video helped me IMMENSELY... Thank you × a million!!!
Glad this was the first video to pop up for me... Super helpful
THANK YOU! Black and Decker should pay you for this video, it's probably saved them god knows how many returns. I got to the exact same spot everybody else did and thought I was going insane. I can't believe this video has been out for over two years and they still haven't fixed the instructions.
I'm a member of the 4H club! (step 4 part H!!!). I read those instructions and was like some dude on youtube must have this figured out. Your video was clear and concise and had some great tips! Bravo!
THANK YOU! You are amazing. I am a 72 year old woman and because of you I was able to assemble it perfectly. Now on to learn my Jigsaw.
Glad to help!
Did you really have 4 inch channellocks laying around? I am a 74 year oldgoat and I am not giving up yet.🥴
Thank you for this video! It was extremely helpful.
It's amazing that a company this large can't at least slap labels on the boxes saying "read our updated instructions online!" with a URL and QR code, let alone the fact that they left out some key steps in the manual in the first place.
Thank you for making this video ! I was going crazy with the instructions that came with the workmate ! You just made an old man very happy !
Glad it helped!
@@HelpAtMyHome Yes it sure helped !
Yep I started with the guys quick video that’s about 7:36 long and it was wrong on the very first step. He put the washer in the wrong place. So I stopped and found another video and that one was wrong too. Grateful that it frozen half way through and I stooped and found this video which got me done. Thank you for the help!
Glad it helped!
Black+Decker needs to cut you a check! After a solid half hour of frustration with the provided Black+Decker instructions followed by the official Black+Decker assembly youtube video THANK THE MAKER I FOUND YOUR VIDEO! Thanks for taking the time to show the poor souls that have tried and failed with the official instructions... Your a beast
Thanks for your kind words! Enjoy the bench.
Thank you!!!!!
The 2nd pin slipped the force i was applying with my channelocks and went flying into my neighbors pool...
I bent a common nail in the hole MUCH more easily!!!
God sent me your/this video!!!
I’ve Seen some useless instructions provided with things before but these black and decker ones really were something else! Just wish I had just looked on TH-cam for an instruction video straight away and saved 15 minutes of my life. Clear concise instructions, much appreciated.
Thank you...my fingers were actually bleeding trying to get this together with the lousy instructions. Your video got me through!
Thank you so much for this video!
I have put many pieces of furniture together by myself and I'm so happy to find out that I am not the only one who thought the instructions were as clear as mud.
Your my hero! My husband was about to lose his mind trying to figure out those stupid instructions. Thank you so much for the video! 👍
Glad I could help!
Thank... With your help this lil' 66 yr old lady got this done... Instructions provided were useless. Only one mashed knuckle 😁
THANK YOU! The instruction sheet is WORTHLESS! With your video I had this together in minutes! Your tip on putting the handle retaining pins in with the channel lock pliers was a LIFESAVER, THANK YOU!
Thank you for this video! The assembly instructions are difficult to read and, even worse, inaccurate. Your video is clear, concise and actually shows the correct way to assemble the Workmate. Thanks for making this incredibly helpful video!
Thank you 😭🙏🏻I still can’t get the handles in or the pins but I’ll try again later 😅
Thank you! I never got those pins fully in but it seems to work anyway. I can't believe how difficult it was to snap the handles together.
I put it under my heel and applied weight until it snapped. Pinched my fingers holding them the first time.
Another thank you for making this video. I was Dazed and Confused at step 4 ! This helped tremendously.
Very helpful (essential) instructions! 1:45 is the point where the written instructions became useless and your video saved the day. Thank you!
Awesome that it helped! Enjoy the bench
This instructional video is very clear and accurate. I just put mine together using the paper manual that came with the kit. Both the text and the diagrams were certainly inadequate and misleading in a couple of key areas. I would have liked to have seen this video before I assembled the WM125. The sequence of assembly in this video is much better than what the manual directs. Thank you to the fellow who made the video. I should add that the online user manual is much better than the paper manual that comes with the kit.
Thank you man! I was lost with the instructions. I knew there’d be a hero on TH-cam
Thank you so very much. Your instructions TH-cam should be mentioned in the printed assembly instructions. I could not have completed it without your video.
Just got this a few days ago. Very much appreciated your video and instructions. Clear, understandable and easy to follow. Thank you!
Saved our marriage! Thanks for your help!
Sir. You saved my life IN FULL. Thank you SO MUCH. I feel like the only murky step in here was putting on the vice screw, you cover it up a bit so I couldnt see where it needed to line up.. i hopped to another video for that part.. i just needed to see another angle. Otherwise flawless, chill, and goes at the perfect pace. Tysm.
Also if anyone is having issues with the “friction pin” thing, i took a set of very strong grip wire pliers and squeezed the pin just enough so itd line up with the hole (the most annoying part). Lightly tapped it with a rubber mallet then pushed it in with the spaced pliers like in the video. Worked great. Also if you cant find those pieces, just be sure not to prematurely toss out the screw/washer bags like I did- they were buried pretty snug in there.
Amazing tip!
I could have never done this without your video. A BIG THANK YOU!
Glad it helped!
Saved me from an hour of frustration and probably from chucking this damn thing through the window! I had to use a rubber mallet to get the turning knobs together. Your tip to use Channellocks (pipe/slip joint pliers) for the pins was an absolute life-saver! Thanks!
Glad to hear it! Those big channels come in handy more than id like to admit
Thank you!! The rubber mallet worked for me and my dainty hands.
I came that close to chucking the whole project in the trash and regret not checking out this video first. Worthless #$$^& instructions!
Thanks. Your instructions are better than Black and Decker's
Thank you for the video. Instructions were became useless halfway through and your video guided me the rest of the way. The pin insertion is a test in patience and trial and error.
So helpful! Thank you!
Got a good chuckle when you said “these should just slide on” and it cuts to the hammer going BANG BANG BANG BANG 😂
Thank you! Never would have figured the directions without you!
Thank you so much for the video! I read Amazon review about how difficult to put this together, someone referred your video. I made the purchase decision after watching your video, now watch again after receiving my workmate, you made this so much easy, thank you again!
So glad I wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand the instructions!
I have been struggling with it for an hour. Watched your video and ... DONE ... THX MATE
Glad it helped!
Like a lot of folks I want to thank you for making this video because the instructions were truly lacking.
Glad the video helped!
I have put together complex pieces of furniture and toys before and somehow this was the only thing that I couldn't do.
Ty for the video.
Thank you!! I only bought this because you have provided intelligible instructions on assembly.
Thank you so much for this! I don't know what I would've done without your help just using the garbage instructions that came with the product. Fantastic work on this video!
Thank you so much for this video! I was absolutely lost without instruction manual once I got to step four
Thank you! I was stumped by the directions for the blocks and how to put them on. You solved my problems!
Handle pieces won't go together on mine (5:05). May have to file the hole bigger. Anyone else have this issue?
This video saved 30 minutes of my life.
I’m reading the comments and haven’t found this one yet. After struggling to put the handle together for about an hour, I finally squeezed the ends of the orange part together with pliers, and that seems to have made enough of a difference that I could pop the black and orange pieces together by bracing them against the floor. I saw down below that someone put the in pins to attach the handle to the bench with a C-clamp, I’m going to try that tomorrow because I only got it about 3/4 of the way in. Thanks for the vid!
Makes sense. You just don’t want to compromise that plastic if you don’t have to. Sounds like you got the right amount of pressure though.
@@HelpAtMyHome Absolutely. Just want to “gently squeeze”
I was beginning to think i may have bumped my head while trying to assemble this damn thing.
The product is fine.
Thanks for the help, brother.
Glad this helped!
Thank you! Mine came without instructions which, based on the comments and your commentary, probably save me a lot of frustration. Went together easily in about 15 minutes. Good tip on the adjustable wrench to insert the pins. Worked perfectly.
15 minutes! You are a pro. Perhaps the instruction manual actually does make the experience worse
You were MUCH better off WITHOUT the instructions.
Sir you are gentleman and a scholar. Much gratitude and thanks to you for making this instructional video.
This video single-handedly saved my life. 🙏
Great video. 1:07 Hint: The supplied plastic Nut Driver has a small and large Hex opening at either end respectively, the small hex end is designed to hold the 4 small nuts while screwing in the Phillips Head bolts used on the 2 cross member brackets (Z & Y). No fingers, pliers or wrench required.
Thank you! THANK you!! THANK YOU!!!
I was right next to taking apart what little I was able to assemble, returning this table, and ordering a different Brand!
Your video, as others have correctly called it, IS a Godsend, AND is the best one available for assembling this table.
In my 3-Star Amazon Review of the Workbench, I specifically referred to, and highly recommended, your Channel's Assembly Video as being "compassionate, step-by-step assembly instructions." Because of those "instructions" from Hell, I could not with a clear conscience give it more than 3 Stars. Thanks, again, for taking the time to make this very helpful Video!
Thanks for the shout out! Good luck with the bench
I got this workbench at such a great deal I couldn't say no but when I read the reviews about how difficult it was to put it together I approached the task with a certain amount of dread. Your video, however, made the whole process practically effortless. Much appreciated!
Glad I could help!
BRO I was going crazy on making this but when i saw your video i got it through in no time!!
You saved me a lot of time in assembly. Thank you.
Well done. I agree B and D the instructions were useless. Very helpful video which doesn’t run through a break-neck speed . Thank you.
This video was perfect. After a lot of frustration I turned to trusty TH-cam and there this was. Perfect. Cheers
HELP! I have been trying to get the handles installed on this darn thing and it won't work. I am using a slightly angled channel lock and applying pressure, but the little pins refuse to go into the metal hole. Q: are the pins supposed to fit into the metal bar holes from the onset? Mine do not and I feel like it's impossible to get the pins into that hole. Any help/advise would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for this helpful video! The paper instructions were garbage and it took me hours and I just looked at this video that made more sense. Thank you so much! 👍🏾
This video was very helpful! I think mine might have gotten bent in shipping but with the knowledge from this video and with a bit of my sons help I should be able to slap this together hehe
Thanks for making this video. Helped me figure out that confusing bit in the instructions. Cheers!
You my dude. Just thanks. I bought this for my DYI jazz and was completely boggled at the directions not to mention they sent me extra screws and other accessories. I'm happy to say thanks to you it's completed.
Wow, thank you so much for this!! I was able to build the frame but when I got to the handles (where you basically said the instructions say this, but don’t 😂). I kept thinking ‘as pictured? I don’t see any of those 4 steps in this one illustration.’
This video is one of the kindest things I’ve seen on TH-cam!!! Lol, thank you so much!!
Glad it helped!
So thankful that I found this video first! Still had problems with the friction pin, so I have to go buy channel locks. But at least it is together, no thanks to B&D...
At least you received instructions. I'm here because none were included in mine. I bought this with leftover credit card points. I would never buy B&D products under normal circumstances. Besides of their low cost junk, they design for obsolescence like changing battery designs frequently so that when the battery goes out in your year old drill, you can't get a replacement. Judging by its quality, it will probably be out in bilk trash in a couple weeks.
Thank you so very much for posting this video, it saved me so much time.
God bless you 😊
Thanks a lot for the video. The instructions in the manual were not helpful. I was going nuts trying to figure out their Step 4. You save me from a trip to the psychiatrist. Thank you
I had to pause and replay quite a few times but only because your video was so straightforward and you would’ve taken over an hour hour to do this just like it took me (after time wasted on some other guy half explained video) 😩😂 Thank you so much for you very accurate and detailed instructions I could not have put this together without it!!!!
Thanks! We were having SO much trouble following those directions that came with it.
Very helpful, particularly the part about installing the long screw and planks. Thanks for posting!
THIS VIDEO IS A LIFESAVER! The manufacturer's "Instructions" are WORSE than useless. Possibly the worst I've ever encountered. (Maybe that's why I got it from Home Depot for $16?) TIP: I used vice grips to squeeze the barrels of the two small friction pins together (making them narrower) before hammering them in.
Thank you, most helpful…wouldn’t have been able to do the last bit without your help.
Thank you so much for this. When I got to step 4 in the instruction book I thought I was having a stroke or something, good to know it wasn't just me haha
Thanks, you saved the day, got to that last step and had no idea! Well done!
Great to hear!
OMG thanks dude! I consider myself a bit of a flatpack pro, but the directions were sooooo bad! Can't wait to finish with your instructions.
Hope these helped. Thanks for the kind words.
Thank you thank you thank you. This is my second day working on this thing and you help me put it together. I think it would have been easier to put the titanic together.
Excellent video my friend. You saved me so much time and frustration
Thanks
Thanks man! You are a life saver. Like the other replies the H block part was insane
Black and Decker used to be a good company back in the day - NO MORE - THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
Very nicely done. Thanks. I have three of these to put together and was dreading it.
Thank you so much for the awesome video! In frustration, I was on the verge on returning it, but contacted the B&D help chat and they sent me the link to this video. After that it went together in just a few minutes. B&D should pay you for this and I did suggest they put this video link on page 1 of the instructions, LOL. Two additional ideas: My hands aren't as strong as yours, so I used a hammer to snap the two parts of the crank together. Put a small block of wood over the orange plastic part to distribute the force evenly and tapped it with the hammer a few times...worked like a charm. For the handle pin insertion I used a 4" C clamp and just tightened it until the pin was flush...that worked like a charm also. Again...great video!!!
C Clamp is a great idea! I happened to have the channel lock handy since it’s too big to put away
How do I buy this guy a beer? This video was a Godsend!
Like so many projects that come with dozens of parts and incomplete or poor instructions so was my B&D Workmate 125. Normally, I struggle thru, with many curse words, but I figure it out. When this handyman guy hits a point where he says the instructions are useless... they are. Within a minute or two I was unstuck and rapidly completed assembly. Thanks for a great video that was on point with no useless chatter.
Glad it helped!
Thanks so much for doing this, the directions were terrible. Was great with your help. The only part I wasn’t 100% sure on was what was the front in the beginning I figured out later that is the part of the frame that has the endcap on it made of metal, that the vice screw goes through. Thanks again
Thanks!
You did a fantastic job explaining. I ran into an issue of my bolt not lining up w the hole on the front board on the right side
This video saved me much aggravation. The part "H" missing instructions are inexcusable as they are critical to the assembly. I imagine I would have figured it out eventually but that would have been hours of cursing and screaming on my part. Thank You!
Exactly right. Felt the same when making the video!
Great tips, thank you! I figured out that if you flip the tightening tool you can tighten the nuts that are on the front & rear brackets. It has a smaller hex shape
Oh yes good call
The real MVP!! Thank you 👍🏻
I’m with everyone else here, I sat there pondering and then actually READING the instructions multiple times before I thought, Nope you’re not looking at it wrong, these directions are missing an entire section. THANK YOU for showing us all that crazy missing step!! I have lil T Rex hands so those pins like to kill me. I finally had to squeeze one end to narrow the channel a hair and then still nearly gave myself an aneurysm applying the channel locks. There’s no way you’re getting those pins in without channel locks.
Glad it worked out!
I came here to learn about the friction Pin and learned how to put this together properly. The instructions suck. Your video made this go fast and easy.✌️
Glad this helped!
Thank you for this! I got stuck right where you said the instructions got extra vague (“as pictured” but there’s no picture!). I had a lot of trouble getting the handles to snap together and ended up using the flat side of my hammer to hit the orange piece until it popped into place.
Thank you! Purchased mine on Amazon. I was stuck on step 4 and I kept going back and forth, clearly I missed something. Nope, horrible instructions. You are a life saver!!
This is the best video. I have been trying to put this thing together for a week on and off…ready to send it back! The directions are awful! Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video! Incredibly helpful and very clear instructions. I was struggling with the incomprehensible instructions for about 30 minutes until I threw in the towel and was saved by your video 😂
You saved my day! Thank you so much and amazing pedagogy and video skills btw 👍🏻😊
Very helpful. The printed instructions were very confusing and incomplete/out of order. You video was truly appreciated by me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this most helpful video!
Glad it helped!
Sooo glad I found you. Thank you
Thank you for the video. I've been following along and am stuck at putting the red handles into the black. I even tried hammering them and almost broke one side. Any suggestions? Female with female only strength. :/
Would it work if I skip this step for now?
Yes you can safely skip that
Try a big set of channel locks?
Another female here with delicate little hands. I used the rubber mallet method suggested by another viewer. The channel locks still require manly strength that I simply don't have.
Thank you! Better than B&D's video.
Glad you think so!