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Review on πŸ”¨ Bora Centipede 4ft x 4ft Work Table with 9 Struts, Complete with 4 X-Cups, 4 Quick Clamps, Carry Bag - Portable Work Support Sawhorse, CK9S in Black/Orange by Troy Palmer

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works for me most of the time but lacks fit, finish and design

This 9 post 4x4 centipede is great for my garage shop around town as I need to set up and tear down woodworking lots every weekend. The Centipede is quick to fold and quick to set up, even with two Bora tops that need to be attached to the Centipede each time. However, there are two problems. This centipede has 9 tabletop clamps, one on each stand, and each clamp has a main plastic nut that attaches to a protruding screw to secure an additional mechanism that secures each point of the tabletop. One of the Centipede screws appears to have been ripped off and glued in at the factory. My guess is that they didn't want to scrap the centipede because of a ripped off spot, so they made a cheap repair and sold the part. This was bad because I ended up raising the tabletop with additional 6" Bora extensions, which requires removing each of the 9 post clips to install each extension. I had to unscrew the glued nut. Due to a broken strut screw, one of the 9 points is not fully secured. Luckily the other 8 racks work without any problems. So don't expect precision engineering from this company. Also, each stand only has 1 tabletop clamp, and the 2 2x4 tabletops used to fully close the centipede require 12 clamping points between them to fully secure to the top of the centipede. As a result, using 2 tops on 9 posts completely covers the centipede but leaves 3 points of the top slack, which can sometimes result in slight misalignment. So the technology is missing again. The product is still in production, but the best company needs better quality control as well as better design to make their 2x4 countertops fully compatible with the 4x4 centipede.

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • Fade