Portable workbench

Claim 1

A portable workbench which comprises: a table top with at least two openings therethrough, the openings each having a recessed peripheral top ledge, the table top supported on collapsible legs, base plates dimensioned to be received within the openings resting on the ledge having their top surfaces flush with the surface of the table top, different power tools attached to the undersurfaces of each of said base plates depending therefrom, said openings and said base plates square, said base plates having finger holes therethrough for removal from the said openings, guide means attachable to said table top in spacedapart fixed position, said guide means attached to said table top at a point spaced above the said table top, said guide means receiving the said base plates one at a time to support it above the said table top, the said guide means extending across the width of the said table, the said base plate being selectively slidable across the width of the said table when received in the said guide means and selectively positionable on the said guide means in fixed position relative to the said table top, and a fence guide, said fence guide movably attached to the said table top intermediate the said openings, the fence guide extending across the table intermediate the openings, said fence guide having a recess in its undersurface aligned with the center of at least one of said openings, said fence guide usable to position a workpiece relative to either of said openings, and the said base plates receivable in either opening whereby tools attached to the said base plate may have their working portions project from the said top surface of the said base plate and be usable in either opening or in the said guide means in fixed or movable relation to the table top.