Strong Hand Tools Rhino Cart (Table + 66 pc. Fixture Kit)

Incredible tool in the shop. Well designed and industrial. The 66 piece fixture set is such a great addition.In the past I'd build my own but these days it's not worth my time.

This is a great tool for almost any shop, and certainly for any metal shop. It's not a precision flat (i.e. granite surface plate), but it's flat enough for most things, and having the clamping and fixturing assortment makes it just the ticket for so many tasks. Before I purchased I was most curious about the quality of the tool set - after all, that's probably 1/2 or more of the price. More on those in a minute.The cart arrived in a flat-pack on a pallet, well packed. The pallet and box were pretty beat up, but nothing at all inside had been so much as scuffed. The instructions were fairly straightforward with only a few pitfalls: 1. note where the middle divider will go before mounting the handle, or you'll end up moving the panel mounts (not a big deal, but why make extra work for yourself?). Also, the instructions recommend the long bolts at some point early on - disregard, that should be the short (or 'normal' bolts that most everything is assembled with. The 16 'long' bolts are for mounting the casters. This is one of those things where you really don't want to tighten too much up before everything is bolted because you need a little play to have everything align in the end. To that end, I put a piece of blue painters tape near every bolt, or group of bolts, so when I was tightening, I could see what had been tightened (where I'd removed the tape) and what hadn't. It definitely kept me from missing a few!Once all the bolting is done, the first (small) issue appears - you can't insert the yellow bins without removing the rack they mount to. The last bin is a little behind the angle-iron leg so the assembly needs to go in as one piece. These are Akro Bin knock-offs, and not as good, but compensated for by a different holding system that adds a lot of rigidity to the system. Unfortunately, it means that you can't just buy, and use, Akro Bins with the system as there's only the one holding rail. And that's one of my biggest gripes. The setup comes with a lot of hanging space for clamps and vise-grip type hold downs, as well as pegs, but not nearly enough room for bins. Just throwing the included hardware on the cart, as shown in the included brochure, I ended up with stuff I'd like at least 3 more bins for and a lot of extra pegs. I added a lot of my own clamps and things to the cart, I'd still like some more bins and I still have a lot of extra pegs.On to the tools: The tools are a pretty good for what you'd generally need, but not so nice that you'll spend much time admiring them. They are of uniformly good fit in the table holes, neither too tight, nor sloppy. The clamps are fairly light duty. Completely adequate for most welding and fixturing, but just not as heavy as older Bessey clamps and the like. It's worth noting that the parts count shown in the description does not match the photos, nor the customer photos, but what you see in the photos is what I got. In particular the ball-bearing lock nuts are listed as qty 2 and are (thankfully) qty 10 or 12. I've used this now for two welding projects and the convenience and versatility of the tools are awesome - I wouldn't go without some sort of system like this again.

The table is excellent but shipping terrible , Pilot the original carrier destroyed the package and rewrapped with loose casters and did a poor repackage . I think i have all parts .I do not know how the shipper packaged but it appeared to be on a sturdy wood pallet, pilot may have dropped . I am assembling today and if not perfectly flat I will request refund , return , they were 10 days late as well .will rate table when I have used for fabrication.the table looks very good

Best welding table ever.

The media could not be loaded. The unit is heavy duty, the parts Including the top have nice finishes. Flatness on the table is great especially for made in China. One word of caution they provide the exact number and nuts and bolts so do not loose any. My only complaint is the use of Chinese hardware. This is clearly manufactured overseas as it comes with plenty of shipping oil, and the nuts and bolts are not exactly smooth while tightening and certainly more prone to deformation when you really add torque to them. Other than that it’s very nice. I think it should be a few hundred dollars cheaper based on the Chinese manufacturing, however, everything came together nicely and it wasn’t missing parts or anything else so I can’t complain. Shipping packaging was also very well done. Oiled, and protected from both other parts and the shipping crate. Would certainly recommend for someone who is willing to spend a little extra for a turn key welding table that comes with a good starter kit of tools. Rolls very smoothly and great to be able to tuck away in the garage. Two locking casters for when you are working are also a nice feature. Already put it to use and am very happy.

If you do any fabricating at all this it the tool to have. Well thought out and the clamps and jig tools work great.