The Workmate was developed in the late '60s in England by Ron Hickman, a South African who designed the Lotus Elan.
The first Workmate bench was offered in the UK in 1973 and the US in '75.
I don't know when the 400 was made but I have an early version that does not have a number and a later one marked as a 550.
Don't know the date, but I recall reading a history of it in a book about workshop design. The story also mentions details such as the cast-aluminum frame of the early design, and the fact that Sears attempted to steal the concept...
I believe the Workmate was invented in the U.K..
Craftsman wet dry vacuums were made by Emerson Electric Co. until 2017, when production was taken over by Stanley Black & Decker after they acquired the Craftsman brand from Sears.
The strong gravity that made them collapse in the first place keeps them together.
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when was the first teloscope made?
There is Black Iron pipe, made of iron. There is Cast Iron pipe, which is black in colour, made from old cars and their parts. There is black ABS plastic pipe, made of plastic. There is Utility pipe, also made from plastic.
black and decker is onw of them.
A Black and Decker is a generic name for any type of electrical power tool, whether it is one made by the Black and Decker company or not.
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The model 7620 Black & Decker Commercial Router was discountinued in 1974. I learned this from a service center.
Now owned by the Stanley Corp and made in China.
Black and Decker offers a great squeezer. The Black and Decker Juice Wizard Beverage Maker is made of top quality materials like so many other Black and Decker products are.
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B& D Food processors are made in China.
Stanley Corporation now makes Black and Decker power tools in India and China.
B&D drills are made in Mexico and China now.
OCD 440 has been discontinued and no longer made.