Holding the work · review
The folding bench that has been in every garage for fifty years — and still the cheapest way to hold work at a sensible height.
The end of it Not a woodworking bench, and an extremely useful object. Know which you are buying.
Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgments are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
A folding workbench with an adjustable clamping top and movable dogs, part number WM825.
Because a great many workshops start here, and because it does one thing better than a proper bench: it grips odd shapes. The two halves of the top move independently, so a tapered leg or a door edge is held securely without a vice.
Mass. A bench’s real specification is how much it weighs, because that is what resists a plane stroke and absorbs a chisel blow. This one folds flat, which is the opposite design goal, and no amount of technique compensates.
Read on the day this page was built: $350 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Type | Folding workbench and sawhorse |
|---|---|
| Top | Adjustable clamping jaws |
| Part number | WM825 |
| Amazon reference | B0001GRVYG (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 5011402155729 |
For machine work, cutting and assembly, largely yes. For hand tool work, no: a light bench moves under a plane stroke and bounces under a chisel, and its two-part top is not flat enough to reference a board against. Those are the jobs a heavy bench exists for.
Holding awkward things. The whole top is a vice with movable dogs, so a door, a pipe or an irregular casting can be gripped in ways a conventional bench vice cannot manage.
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
6.9/ 10
Not a woodworking bench, and an extremely useful object. Know which you are buying.
A small or shared space where the bench has to disappear between jobs
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Wood top · metal frame · one market · no barcode
A €217 Bosch workbench with a wooden top, a metal frame, and not one published dimension, weight or capacity.
Best for: A German buyer who has seen one in person and knows what they are getting
60 in · 330 lb capacity · rubberwood in the title and acacia in the bullet · drawer and shelf
A workbench whose title says rubberwood and whose first feature says acacia — two different trees.
Best for: A garage bench with a drawer, by somebody who will ask which timber arrives
≈ $330
Plastic · 910 × 555 × 755 mm (35.8 × 21.9 × 29.7 in) · two 300 mm (11.8 in) clamps
A folding plastic work table that carries two different Amazon references depending on the country — and two different load ratings on the same page.
Best for: A shared garage or a balcony, where the bench has to disappear between jobs
