Interestingly, one has single thick jaws, the other has double thick at the
jaw face. They both look about the same generation.
KE
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 12:42 PM Michael Suwczinsky
wrote:
> 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
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> 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:
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>> 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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>> mounts.
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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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Kirk Eppler
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Pharm Dev Processing
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