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271652 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2020‑08‑19 Re: WorkMutt Rehab
I’d go measure one of mine, but two of the three are holding up a cabinet
project, awaiting the lovely wife’s textile decision, and the third is the
odd combo of a single height Mate, with folding legs to drop it down to
less than single height (I think I know where that one is) B&D was getting
a little weird there. *Now your Single Height Workmate can be a Dual Height
Workmate*
https://flic.kr/p/2jy34Ed

Bug the top is two pieces of pretty close to birch ply, 27x5 inches,
11/16th thick with dog holes just a smidge over 3/4 inch in diameter

Michael

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:37 PM Kirk Eppler via OldTools <
oldtools@s...> wrote:

> Oh no!  It's the TV Tray* style.  That may take a bit of fiddling, as there
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> are some big differences in the tops of some, tho it may not matter much.
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> Like all workmates, there are differences in the years.  Mine is fairly new
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> 2008, and looks different from the one shown in the picture, and is not
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> double thick at the jaw..  Someone else will need to chime in with the
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> sizes, but further below are some notes.
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> Mine is only 24" wide, vs the 29" of the big ones, and ~4 vs 5" deep.
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> The Biggest other difference, which may matter, is the mounting on mine is
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> different from the one shown, I have 2 through holes instead of being
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> mounted from below.  I will add a pic at the tail end to show how mine
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> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Workmate-Type-Study/i-R38Rcxs
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> Best of luck
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> * coined by NickNaylo in my corner of the world.
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Michael

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