Re: Black & Decker Workmate
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:41 pm
I think I have an older one it looks just like Farmers but it has a wood top not MDF. Mind is approx. 40 years old, got it from my dad 20 years ago.
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Do you know the Model # or any other identify information about this one. Mine is a copy of what you show.robinson46176 wrote:I believe that my oldest one is the original style. The later ones were all steel frame. My old one has a cast aluminum center frame.
My old style B&D workmate.jpg
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dusty wrote:Do you know the Model # or any other identify information about this one. Mine is a copy of what you show.robinson46176 wrote:I believe that my oldest one is the original style. The later ones were all steel frame. My old one has a cast aluminum center frame.
My old style B&D workmate.jpg
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You don't happen to have an extra leg there in the barn do you.
I have a couple of Workmates, an original with the aluminum frame that I bought new back in the 70's and a newer one that I inherited from my father in law. They seldom get used anymore.robinson46176 wrote:.....I could just "spiff up" the house a bit and rent it but I want to do it over a little better this time and make some improvements to improve its rental value.
I will definitely take a Workmate to that job and a Shopsmith as well. I have some handy smaller table-saws on roller bases and I could take one of those over there but given the range of work required I want a Shopsmith. I might pick up a second compound miter saw to keep there too.
As I plan the work I keep thinking that I maybe want to buy a Rockwell Jaw-horse to use there too. Does anybody here use one of those? Do you find it useful? One just looks like a natural for such work. ......
OK, so I ramble a lot in my old age...
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dusty wrote:Thanks Chris. Those don't look like they would work on mine but I'll check it out.
What I know I need is a replacement leg. Mine somehow got bent. I actually picked mine out of a dumpster some twenty years ago. Should have looked for a leg then.
This is exactly one of the uses I've had for my really old Workmate.garys wrote:I bet you could make it into a great stand alone router table for a big router. I had an old Hirsch saw table sitting around unused so I mounted my 2.5hp router in it. It works great for making raised panel doors.