BORA Centipede Workbench Table Top For Bora Centipede Work Stand Saw Horses - 24" x 48" - Includes Wood Top with 20mm Dog Holes + 6 Quick-Twist Lock Handles for Portable Work Bench, CK22TM Brown

So happy with this. Versatile, compact and with the extenders, makes it a back saver. Bench dog holes are 20mm, all my bench dog accessories work great. Spend the time and paste wax it. Saves it from glue sticking and ruining the mdf.

Big fan on the Bora products and the space saving and portability of the Centipede. The table top is solid and easy to move around. I now have 3 which work great with my 4x6 Centipede.

The 20mm holes aren't - they are only 19.75mm so any 20mm accessories you hope to use with this won't fit. The one I received isn't a 3/4" hole board in the wrong box - the holes are much to sloppy for any 3/4" accessories to work. Anther disappointing feature would be that the edges of the holes aren't beveled so if you were able to stick your dogs or clamps or other accessories in them, the edges of the holes would quickly chip and become an ugly mess. I really don't know how a company could produce something as wrong as this. I contacted BORA about it and received an email asking for pictures with no way to respond. So, here's your picture.

When I bought this I didn't read the reviews enough to discover the twist lock clamps holding the table top to the Bora Centipede was a problem. I could only get one twist clock clamp clamp with enough depth to actually work. Some people modified the twist lock. An easier solution is to use one of the twist locks to un-screw the metal insert from the top of the table top, and then use a 1" forsner bit to reduce the depth by around a 1/16 of an inch, then screw the metal insert back in. If you have diffuculties removing the metal insert, use a Cresent Wrench on the twist lock clamps. From the top it's lefty loosey, righty tighty. NOTE: Use the twist lock clamp from the top, insert the end about 1/2 way into the metal insert to remove/install. I know this shouldn't be an issue but if you want to use the twist lock clamps this method solved my problem of the twist lock clamps.

Very well engineered. The 20mm holes are perfectly aligned. Works with parf dogs and other MFT accessories. A less expensive alternative to other MFT tops. Folds and unfolds easily. I waxed the table for a bit of spill protection and starting using my track saw on it. It will take years to wear this one out, but I will order this top again when that time comes.

Just what I was looking for to make my first multi-function table. Paired it with a track saw hinge i bought on Etsy. From what I understand, actually pairing it with the Bora Centipede is not awesome due to the lack of weight and heft of the legs. Other options such as a full size mft table top, or even the professional jig to make your own, are several times more expensive. This top has sufficient accuracy for most uses.

I can't recommend this. 1. The first top I received wouldn't remotely fit any of my bench dogs... it appeared to be the 3/4" imperial measure top, rather than the 20mm metric top that was ordered and indicated on the box. But with no distinguishing marks on the actual board, who's to say for sure. Cuz, leave it to Bora to incentivize bad behavior: If you charge $15 more for the top with 20mm than the top with 3/4" (19mm) holes, then bad actors are going to buy both, switch the packaging and return the more expensive box with the cheaper 3/4" holed-top to slog off on the next unsuspecting buyer. Thanks a lot Bora! And you can't blame it all on HUMIDITY-- It's July... in California... the hills are brown and dry this time of year. So I returned the unusable top and took a risk asking for a replacement top... hoping it wasn't a problem with Bora's manufacturing, but just their pricing policy and a bad actor. The 2nd top arrived promptly. The top did appear to be the correct version this time, but, geez, ALL of the holes are still way too tight. None of my bench dogs would fit properly. Only one part of one of my Bessey clamps could I POUND into place. Ugh. But rather than return the board (which I should have), I decided to order the UJK Combined Chamfer & Reamer Tool from TSO products for $47.95 + tax and shipping in order to ream out the holes and add a chamfer top portion. But even that is proving difficult. My old trusty heavy duty Dewalt dc988 18v xrp HAMMER DRILL is struggling... cuz these holes are just sooo dang tight. I'm going to end up burning out the motor trying to make these holes usable. I've managed two so far... having to let the bit and motor cool down after each single hole... only 68 more to go! What a headache. Spend the $$, and buy a better version of a MFT top... this one is not it. The only good part about the Bora Centipede system, is the centipede stand. It IS light weight, strong, and sturdy, which is what I wanted... But the top sucks. So buyer beware! In the attached photos, the two upper holes in the far left column are the ones I already reamed out/chamfered. You can see how after doing that, the bench dogs now fit... but all the other holes, none of the dogs fit.

BORA Centipede Workbench Table Top I wanted a cheap MFT work bench with 20mm holes on 96mm centers. I got it. Or did I? I ordered & received three of these MDF table tops. One had a small crack that extended throughout the thickness of the MDF slab near one of the attachment points that extended throughout the thickness of the MDF slab. The box it came in had a tear in that area so it's possible something happened during shipping that caused the crack. Another one of the table tops had a problem with the attachment point. The means of connecting the table top to the centipede needs to be revised. The problem is too complicated to explain in this review. In brief a pin is inserted from the bottom of the centiped up through a metal sleeve in the MDF. It's a sloppy connection. While it has some advantages over using a nut and bolt, or something similar, it has its problems. Beside the sloppy connection it is very difficult to manipulate the plastic handle that encloses the pin. The handle & pin are configured like an odd shapped screwdriver. The handle has to be inserted and tightly turned in a very confined space of a 90º angle formed by two sides of the metal straps that run diagonally to support the uprights (poles). There is very little space and a very odd angle working against the hand trying to place and tighten the pin into the metal sleeve in the MDF. To make matters worse (in the case of MDF top #2) the sleeve began to turn when trying to remove the pin which had to be grasped with pliers to get enough purchase on it. It was a real struggle to get the pin out when attempting to remove the top from the centipede. It could not have been accomplished without the use of tools which defeats the convenience of an otherwise tool-less assembly/disassembly. I looked at a lot of reviews before buying the Centipede & Table Top. I do not recall hearing of the complaints I mentioned above. Was I just unlucky? The Centipede & MFT style top have a lot going for them. I was surprised by how sturdy they are when assembled and used together. The setup not only supports an incredible amount of weight, it is also remarkably resistant to lateral forces such as would be required when hand planing a board. On the whole I was very impressed with the Centipede and Table Top but expect to return them rather than order two replacement tops in the hopes of getting new ones that don't suffer the same problems as the first two. I doubt the crack in the MDF was due to shipping because the corners were very well protected by thick rubber padding. That leads me to think the same thing (a crack) is likely to occur during normal handling while moving between job sites. The problems with the pins, while extreme in my case, will not go away entirely even with perfect pins & sleeves because the design still requires a very cumbersome connection process. This would be helped immensely by keeping a pair of pliers handy to help turn the pin handles when hand turning is too difficult. But, I'm not enthusiastic about the idea of adding a pair of pliers to the other loose pieces that have to be kept with the tops in order to attach them to the Centipede. While I'm still within the return window I'm looking at other options. The Centipede idea is great in theory and application. The method for connecting the tops is in need of a version 2.0. A number of companies have stepped in to compete with Festool's MFT (Multi Function Table). The best is probably Benchdogs Ultra MFT Workstation. If I could get one from Amazon, I probably would. As it is it must be ordered and shipped from the UK making an already expensive MFT even more so. At about 70 lbs it's also at the edge of not really being protable. A US competitor to Benchdog is the Dashboard Workbench. It's large, lightweight? (63 lbs) ultra strong & sturdy with lots of expansion options. If you've got $1,700.00 in your pocket waiting to be spent on a workbench before adding any options, I'd say go for it. There are a lot of options these days, like Metabo's Multifunctional table MWB 100. None of the them quite hit the right spot for me. Do they connect for expansion? What options are available for expansion? How are attachment points for clamps and so forth designed? Is the MDF top moisture resistant (MR-MDF)? Are the holes a true 20mm? Are they lightweight, easily transportable, etc., etc. Are they meant be used in an established profitable cabnet shop, a millionaires quadruple car garage or a workingman's wood shop? These are all factors I look at. Now my attention has turned to what appears to be a USA based up and coming small business named TrackTubes. They have some really interesting workbench solutions that range from their own in house products to products they manufacture that add functionality to things such as Bora's Centipede. Dewalt makes a highly usable, lightweight and adjustable saw horse. In addition to Bora's Centipede, TrackTubes can mate their product with these simple sawhorses to provide a stable MFT style workbench with lots of configuration options that even include a Router Sled Kit, something I'm also interested in. TrackTubes is to workbench configurations as Unitstrut is to plumbing, electrical & structural component configuring. They sell what look to be the sturdy well designed parts and hardware you need to make what you want so you get what you want. Their prices are not cheap but they do look to be reasonable. It's a journey.

Sehr gut verarbeitet. Gut zu nutzen und zu verstauen. Stabil und sinnvoll.

should be useful for any wood worker.

Yes

Molto utile e ben fatto

Very expensive for what it actually is, it didn't even come pre-rounded. For a piece of MDF that's just drilled, it's quite expensive. I don't need to buy the next ones, I'll make them myself!