Black and Decker Workmate Restoration Part 2 – It’s Home
- 30/11/2020
The workmate is home and in my garage.
Despite it’s well used appearance it is in great condition, I have only noticed a couple of broken bits so far; one of the frame locks that holds the bench in the folded (closed) position is missing, and the adjustable feet have seen better days, some of the plastic feet are heavily worn.
I think I’ll also be replacing the wooden top of the bench as that looks a bit past it now.


The base and the wooden top supports (all the blue parts) are made from steel and the silver looking parts are made from cast aluminium.
All of the components seem to be in really good condition, no bent or damaged parts which I am really pleased about, just a bit of surface rust that will need a bit of wire brushing to get rid of.


Unlike the later models, this one has machine screws and starlock washers rather than being permanently riveted together. This means I can disassemble the components completely in order to clean and repaint them, making the restoration so much easier.
Next step is the strip down where I will break the bench down into its separate components ready for cleaning and painting.