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a1gutterman
10-16-2008, 08:27 PM
...I am thinking about putting the Black and Decker Shopmate on wheels.I take it that although your eye sight has improved, the old back is knot getting any younger, huh? ;)
dusty
10-16-2008, 09:12 PM
I take it that although your eye sight has improved, the old back is knot getting any younger, huh? ;)
You are right on that. The body is beginning to show the results of many years of hard work and hard play. I don't participate in the touch football games at family picnics anymore. I locate a shade tree, the recliner and the ice cooler and maybe a portable radio for some country music.
The Black and Decker Workmate is going on wheels for two reasons. One - the folding legs are about to give out. I am going to eliminate the legs all together and set it permanently on a storage box on wheels. Two - I need the work surface to be about 8" higher than it is now.
BTW - the eyes have reacted to cataract surgery as well as anyone could ever ask. I have better than 20/20 far vision and totally correctable near vision. I wear reading glasses most of the time. I had a pair of trifocal safety glasses made for use in the shop.