 have a 40-yr-old Workmate, but needed a new one at our second home. After assembling this one, the first thing I did was cut the drive belt between the two adjusting handles. The belt was not synchronized and I could not get the jaws to close evenly. The table release levers are too far forward and there is no place to put your foot to hold the bottom down as you lift the table. B&D took a well-designed workbench and ruined it.