I have a request for owners of Black & Decker Workmates from the period
1974-1982. Do you have any paper ephemera related to the Workmate that you
could scan and send me to use on my "H-frame" website? Or do you have items
from this vintage already in digital form, that you downloaded at some point
from the manufacturer or elsewhere? Desirable items from 1974 to 1982 would
include instruction manuals, catalogs, advertisements, brochures, reviews,
articles, etc., applying to any model of Workmate or accessory of that
vintage from anywhere in the world.

You can see what I have already on my Documents page:
https://h-frame.weebly.com/documents.html
There are currently over 55 items for download, including two dozen
instruction manuals, but I'm always looking for more.

You may enjoy seeing my most recent additions to the Documents page under
the "Advertisements" heading, where I now have the very first newspaper ads
for the Workmate, from both Canada and the U.S.

--Chris

Check out H-frame, the site for vintage Workmates:
https://h-frame.weebly.com/

Adverts?  

for Ron Hickman’s new wunderbench?  

I seem to recall the pages Do-It-Yourself magazine carrying great artwork and
singing it’s praises.


I don’t have old copies from 50 years ago to hand - but these folk might….

http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct
=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Advanced&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&
vid=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl%282084770715UI0%29=any&vl%282084770715UI0%29=title&vl%28
2084770715UI0%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=contains&vl%28freeText0%29=do+it+your
self&vl%28boolOperator0%29=AND&vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%282084770717UI1%29=t
itle&vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith1%29=contains&vl%28freeText1%29=
&vl%28boolOperator1%29=AND&vl%282084770716UI2%29=any&vl%282084770716UI2%29=title
&vl%282084770716UI2%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith2%29=contains&vl%28freeText2%29=&vl%
28boolOperator2%29=AND&vl%282084770721UI3%29=journals&vl%28drStartDay4%29=00&vl%
28drStartMonth4%29=00&vl%28drStartYear4%29=Year&vl%28drEndDay4%29=00&vl%28drEndM
onth4%29=00&vl%28drEndYear4%29=Year&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&Submit=Sear
ch">http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct=sear
ch&initialSearch=true&mode=Advanced&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=B
LVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl%282084770715UI0%29=any&vl%282084770715UI0%29=title&vl%2820847
70715UI0%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=contains&vl%28freeText0%29=do+it+yourself&
vl%28boolOperator0%29=AND&vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%282084770717UI1%29=title&
vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith1%29=contains&vl%28freeText1%29=&vl%2
8boolOperator1%29=AND&vl%282084770716UI2%29=any&vl%282084770716UI2%29=title&vl%2
82084770716UI2%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith2%29=contains&vl%28freeText2%29=&vl%28boo
lOperator2%29=AND&vl%282084770721UI3%29=journals&vl%28drStartDay4%29=00&vl%28drS
tartMonth4%29=00&vl%28drStartYear4%29=Year&vl%28drEndDay4%29=00&vl%28drEndMonth4
%29=00&vl%28drEndYear4%29=Year&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&Submit=Search <http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search
&ct=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Advanced&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=ra
nk&vid=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl">http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/sea
rch.do?fn=search&ct=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Advanced&tab=local_tab&indx=1
&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl(2084770715UI0)=any&vl(2084770715U
I0)=title&vl(2084770715UI0)=any&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(freeText0)=do+it+y
ourself&vl(boolOperator0)=AND&vl(2084770717UI1)=any&vl(2084770717UI1)=title&vl(2
084770717UI1)=any&vl(1UIStartWith1)=contains&vl(freeText1)=&vl(boolOperator1)=AN
D&vl(2084770716UI2)=any&vl(2084770716UI2)=title&vl(2084770716UI2)=any&vl(1UIStar
tWith2)=contains&vl(freeText2)=&vl(boolOperator2)=AND&vl(2084770721UI3)=journals
&vl(drStartDay4)=00&vl(drStartMonth4)=00&vl(drStartYear4)=Year&vl(drEndDay4)=00&
vl(drEndMonth4)=00&vl(drEndYear4)=Year&scp.scps=scope:(BLCONTENT)&Submit=Search>

Alternatively, Ken Hawley’s archive at Kelham Island has thousands of
uncatalogued paper items.  An email with a specific enquiry might well turn up
something.


http://www.hawleytoolcollection.com <http://www.hawleytoolcollection.com/> 


Richard Wilson
younger brother to a first generation workmate owner - I wonder if he still has
it?

I was all excited thinking yeah I have that, went and found the folder and
what I actually have is the documentation (including purchase receipt), and
projects folder for the Triton Workcentre.

Similar age, but not the right tool.

Michael
NZ

Richard, 
Thanks for the leads but it seems as though neither of those has related
items available online, so they aren't practical sources for me.
Chris

  _____  

From: yorkshireman@y... [mailto:yorkshireman@y...]

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2021 11:46 AM
To: Chris Wolf
Cc: Oldtools list
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Request for Workmate owners


Adverts?   

for Ron Hickman's new wunderbench?  

I seem to recall the pages Do-It-Yourself magazine carrying great artwork
and singing it's praises.  


I don't have old copies from 50 years ago to hand - but these folk might..

http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct=sear
ch&initialSearch=true&mode=Advanced&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&v
id=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl%282084770715UI0%29=any&vl%282084770715UI0%29=title&vl
%282084770715UI0%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=contains&vl%28freeText0%29=do+
it+yourself&vl%28boolOperator0%29=AND&vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%282084770
717UI1%29=title&vl%282084770717UI1%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith1%29=contains&vl%
28freeText1%29=&vl%28boolOperator1%29=AND&vl%282084770716UI2%29=any&vl%28208
4770716UI2%29=title&vl%282084770716UI2%29=any&vl%281UIStartWith2%29=contains
&vl%28freeText2%29=&vl%28boolOperator2%29=AND&vl%282084770721UI3%29=journals
&vl%28drStartDay4%29=00&vl%28drStartMonth4%29=00&vl%28drStartYear4%29=Year&v
l%28drEndDay4%29=00&vl%28drEndMonth4%29=00&vl%28drEndYear4%29=Year&scp.scps=
scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&Submit=Search

Alternatively, Ken Hawley's archive at Kelham Island has thousands of
uncatalogued paper items.  An email with a specific enquiry might well turn
up something.


http://www.hawleytoolcollection.com 


Richard Wilson
younger brother to a first generation workmate owner - I wonder if he still
has it?

The vintagemachinery.org site has two WorkMate accessory ephemera in its
publication reprint section that may be of interest to you and quite a
collection of general line catalogs as well.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=101&tab=3&sort=2&th
=false&fl=">http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=101&tab=3&sort=2
&th=false&fl=

Thanks. I was aware of that useful site and had checked it already. If I
remember correctly there was one document there that was helpful.

--Chris 

Check out H-frame, the site for vintage Workmates:
https://h-frame.weebly.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-bounces@s...] On Behalf Of John
Leyden
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2021 7:27 PM
To: OldTools List
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Request for Workmate owners

The vintagemachinery.org site has two WorkMate accessory ephemera in its
publication reprint section that may be of interest to you and quite a
collection of general line catalogs as well.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=101&tab=3&sort=2&th=fals
e&fl=

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