Remember This Thing?

sequoia · Apr 8, 2021

Remember the Black & Decker Workmate? I still use one.

It was invented by an Englishman interestingly enough:

The aluminum H-frame gave the Workmate a very distinctive appearance and was considered to be "Hickman's greatest aesthetic stroke."[3] By the Type 6, the aluminum H-frames were gone, replaced by ones of stamped steel.[4]

They have since sold thirty million Workmates.[5] Ron Hickman received a royalty of about 50 pence (

plunker · Apr 8, 2021

Tell him I bought one.

Timbuck · Apr 8, 2021

I’ve got 3 or 4 clones of that one...and a couple of vintage B&D drills still in working order...even the B & D wood turning attachment.

tonyturley · Apr 9, 2021

Yep, I have one in my shop that I've had over 20 years. My wife bought it for my birthday one year. I don't know if the design has changed through the years, but it's a handy thing.

Pukulele Pete · Apr 9, 2021

I've got two . Handy things .

Remember This Thing?

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