Christian French

After checking the blue paint daily I am satisfied that its now hard enough to attempt [careful] reassembly. It was

Continue readingBlack & Decker WM625 Workmate Restoration Part 8 – Finally Reassembled

 The primer dried off really quickly and I decided to hit it with the top coat the next day as

Continue readingBlack & Decker Workmate Restoration Part 7 – Top Coating in blue

The weather here in March and April of 2021 has been quite unpredictable and left very little opportunity to actually

Continue readingBlack & Decker Workmate Restoration Part 6 – Priming with Paint

Having painstakingly stripped back most of the paint on the workmate using a wire brush in a drill,  I noticed

Continue readingBlack and Decker Workmate Restoration Part 5 – Stripping more paint

Started to strip down the vice, which is much simpler than I thought.  Off come the jaws with two bolts

Continue readingParkinsons Perfect Vise Model F No 7 part 2

I picked up this vintage vice which looks like it was made in the early 1900’s for £40 off of

Continue readingParkinson Perfect Vice Model F No 7

So my obsession with obtaining these excellent vintage Black & Decker workmates continues much to my wife’s annoyance.  I was

Continue readingBought another WM625 Black and Decker Workmate

The next stage in my Black & Decker Workmate WM625 restoration is to strip off the old paint and rust.

Continue readingBlack & Decker Workmate Restoration Part 4 – Paint Stripping

I found a bit of time and braved the freezing cold garage to start the stripdown of my Black &

Continue readingBlack and Decker Workmate Restoration Part 3 – The Stripdown