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271653 Kirk Eppler 2020‑08‑19 Re: WorkMutt Rehab
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
>
> 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
Principal Engineer
Pharm Dev Processing
eppler.kirk@g...
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