[Spridgets] Jawhorse or Workmate?

[Greg Higgins]

If you Google Ron Hickman, he is the inventor of the workmate, he also did 
work on the design of the Lotus.

Greg Higgins

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Booker
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:26 PM
To: HealeyRick ; Linda Grunthaner ; Spridget list
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Jawhorse or Workmate?

I had heard that before. A friend of mine has an S3 Elan - he's the one who
told me.
- David

From: HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com>
To: Linda
Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>; Spridget list <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Jawhorse
or Workmate?

Lin,

Did you know the inventor also was a designer for Lotus
cars?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-hickman-lotus-car-designer-a
nd-inventor-of-the-black-amp-decker-workmate-2266757.html


Rick


"Madman in
a death machine"
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________________________________
From: Linda Grunthaner
<grunthaner at gmail.com>
To: Spridget list <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent:
Wednesday, January 16,
2013 6:33 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Jawhorse or Workmate?
List,
I've been
looking for a portable workbench setup for a while now so I
can
do some
grinding, welding and other fabrication work on my car parts and
wanted to
know what the list is using. Initially I wanted a Workmate by
Black
& Decker
because it sounds like what I need, a portable workbench I
can fold
up stick
in the garage or shed and take it out on the driveway or
lawn to do
some work
but the plastic crank handles just floored my
perception of the
product. I was
so disappointed to see any plastic
altogether.

I thought maybe
the first
generation Workmate was all metal parts but I
can't confirm that. I
do know
the first gen was cast iron but nobody on
craigslist is will to mail
it to me
even if I paid extra and of course
shipping. So below is a link for
Popular
Mechanics article Jawhorse or
Workmate so now I'm thinking of the
Jawhorse but
is their anything else?
What are you guys using? Or maybe I
should just make
something? I must have
something foldable for my small
storage availability.
Thanks,
Lin
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