2021 Product Showcase: Bora Centipede

Work benches are good, right? Horizontal surfaces are good, but not, you know, I'm blessed with a lot of space. You don't have as much space as all right? That's true. And so the ability to collapse it, to break it down when you're not using it is a pretty cool thing.

Absolutely, the idea of having additional kind of on-demand horizontal workspace is a huge plus. So we're looking at here is a product called a Centipede and the saw collapses. You're gonna see that in the video that we're gonna run, but I'll tell you what amazes me is how strong it's like a little exoskeleton, you know? And once it's all put together, it's it really can take a heck of a load. One of the things you pointed out, which I think is cool, is if you're working away from your shop, the ability to fold this up and take it.

And you said something about like, when I have to work at my kid's house or whatever. Yup. And we all end up in those scenarios. Absolutely. Very easy to take us with you.

In the video, people are gonna see this configuration, but let's show them something a little bit different. So let me, you be Vanna White for a second. Well, I'm gonna buy a vowel. All right, so like I said this setup, you're gonna see in the video, we're gonna run it a little bit, but I'm gonna take that off of there for now. And then we're gonna get our X's and O's back.

We're gonna get our X's back because the other thing in addition to that MDF top with the three-quarter inch holes in it, the other thing we can do is put these brackets on and standard two by fours as cross pieces. So one of the things is cool about this is track size are real prevalent these days. So the ability to put a piece of plywood on here and bucket down by cutting right through the plywood, you treat that two by as a piece of sacrificial material, the other things Paul laid out for us here are, it's like a hold fast. So when I push this into that three quarter inch hole, and I put a little bit of down pressure on it, it in turn is gonna put pressure on whatever is below it. There should we watch our video?

Sounds great. Let's watch some TV. Let's make a work surface and don't blink or you'll miss it. How's that? Pretty cool.

It's extremely cool. You know, one of the questions we get a lot at GOA is what's the best way to rip down a sheet of plywood. And I'm always kind of embarrassed that I don't have a really good answer to that. This really provides a collapsible setup that can be brought out when you need to break down some plywood, easily set up and sturdy enough for the job. Well, and it's worth pointing out.

This is the two foot by four foot model. There is also a four foot by four foot model. So if you were frequently working with larger sheets, that would give you the opportunity to get that on a little bit bigger bed in order to cut that stuff down. And it's at a good height who to, you know, that another question we get all the time, how high should my work bench be? And that act of getting the heel of your hand on a bench is a really good way to establish your work bench height.

And that's right there. All right, nice product, convenient ability to take it with you, or just set it up as needed in your own shop.