Not a purchase but drug home a B&D Workmate 400 from the daughters shed . Heavy SOB . I'll find a use for it one day .
If it's heavy then it was from a time when Workmates were worth having. I envy you your ownership (and before you suggest anything, I suspect even at your rates, the shipping to the UK would be too much!
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God I hate my modern Workmate, I hate it with a passion. It's flimsy, gets stuck whilst unfolding, makes my Chinese 7x seem like one of the big Colchesters rigidity-wise, and is generally obnoxious.
I keep it for the occasional bit of woodworking I need to do (and maybe it's partly responsible for me hating woodwork; my incompetence must shoulder the rest of the blame, though) but getting it from high off the wall where it's hung, fills me with the unpleasant anticipation of the frustration, anger and resentment to come.
I type this, knowing in the New Year, I have the task of making some drawers and fitting them into the 'shelf-space' under the mill bench. If I had the money (and more critically, the space) for a decent bending brake of appropriate size, I'd make the drawers in steel and rivet the runners.
Eh, the Workmate (and wood in general) will test and mock my barely adequate carpentry skills in January, and those members on the east coast of the US, if the wind is off the sea, may hear faint hoarse howls of rage in a southern English accent; now at least they'll know what they are!
( and I'm suppose to be clearing things out and NOT looking for more projects )
Great idea Mr. Guru . Thanks !
