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Actually works but the saw blades do not last long. My grandson really likes it.

We gifted this wood working station to my 7 Year old son for Christmas and it was a hit. He loves to build and with this set he is able to do just that with minimal supervision. This set was designed with safety in mind. My son has an engineering mind, so while this set was able to teach him the basics, I believe he will be ready to move on to more advanced equipment very soon.

I bought this for my son for Christmas. It’s a great concept but, the saw comes off and doesn’t cut. It is cheaply made. Unfortunately the return window closed before we could return it.

My 6 year old son loves. He is younger than the suggested age and only uses it supervised by his dad or grandfather. It works just like the real deal and is well constructed. Would purchase again!

This is a real mixed bag. The price point is right in the middle of value and quality. I'm an older woman and although I want to get into woodworking, the power tools scare me, so I thought I'd start here. It's LOUD. But, it works. For the thin woods included, you can cut, drill, sand, and even SORTA lathe. I have a full sized lathe and I'm afraid to turn it on. This thing spins REALLY fast, but it doesn't hold the wood well. So, I'm not really getting any practice at pushing the tool into the dowel/spindle. It flies off. But the cutting, drilling and sanding are better than expected.

The product is so close to being as it should be. It's insanely easy to set up and understand. My six year old uses it with no issues. It produces decent work for a $100 woodworking station. It's a r ally impressive way to introduce children to woodwork.The sander and jigsaw haven't given me any issues. The Obvious issues are with the Lathe and Drill. I'm not sure if it's just my particular product, or a general weakness. My drill bit has fallen into the drill hole every time we've used it. I'm not sure if it's okay to just super glue it into the bit-holder, or if the bit is meant to be replaced from time to time. The Lathe is weak. The wooden dowel needs to be tightly secured, and the lathe being made of plastic simply doesn't have the sturdiness to hold it in place as much as you'd like it to. If not, it will stop spinning when you place the carving tool against it. My worry with this is I'm going to break the plastic trying to secure it tight enough. The Lathe is more of an inconvenience, but the drill bit coming loose and falling into the hole after every use is a problem. She has to stop what she's doing, I have to take the thing apart, and then fish out the bit, which is not fun at all. I've tried just unscrewing the bottom where the bit has fallen into, but the screws are so small and soft, it's not easy to unscrew them without stripping them.If a rep could reach out to me to let me know if I can buy backup bits along with the bit-holder, I'd just buy 20 and super glue them all in. The Lathe I can live with.It really is a great product. Just minor details that need to be sorted out.

We just gave this set up to my son for his 9th birthday, and so far everything is great. It DID include an extra jigsaw and sander piece. The lathe doesn’t work so great as far as we’ve experimented with, but we mainly got it for the jigsaw. It kept him busy for hours! So far we really like it and lots of family members thought it was the coolest gift ever.

I rarely write negative reviews, but this product was so disappointing I am making an exception. I had purchased a different set for my grandsons, which worked well but had some disadvantages (unit is fixed, has to be reassembled to use different tools, is somehwat underpowered) that I thought this woodshop would address. The set looks great -- the bright plastic tools are mounted on a surface that can be easily moved and each separate tool is powered by a single motor attached to a central power source. But behind the plastic facade is a toy that looks like it was created by brilliant designers and first-year engineering students. First the sander froze up after five minutes of use by my 4-year-old grandson and was permanently disabled. The little drill press uses a spade bit that is so underpowered it barely eats through the sheet of paper-thin plywood provided -- and then repeatedly pulls out of the plastic head. The jigsaw is, again, woefully underpowered, and the blade continually pulled out of the mounting until I tightened the set-screw as much as possible. Even then the little blade barely made it through the plywood, frustrating since it could not be maneuvered. The lathe was also disappointing. Again, because of the lack of power provided by the interchangeable motor, the lathe constantly jammed with even the lightest pressure from a blade. (To make things worse, the dowels provided seemed to be made of coarse-grained wood, tearing up under the blade as they turned.) The boys were understably disappointed, and we went back to the old unit, which performed far better, setting the WorkStation aside. Given its underperformance, I decided to return the unit and wrote the manufacturer (I would have liked to have worked this out with them) via Amazon. That was three days ago and I have yet to hear back.