1. Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56

   …961 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Domestic]]:[[1900s]] {{toc}} **Ron Hickman** invented the massively popular Black & Decker '''Workmate®''' workbench in 1961 after a home DIY disaster. He had sawn a chair in half while struggling to hold an i…
   …gineer for the car company. But this still did not impress any manufacturer to take on his Workmate, including Black & Decker, who consistently rejected his DIY help mate idea. {{Image url="Lotus-elan.jpg" width="400" class="right" title="Classi…
   …designed by Ron Hickman" }} But after he began manufacturing the Workmate® workbench. It was an instant hit. Black & Decker saw the potential and took on exclusive rights of the Workmate in 1973 and started production. To date more than '''60 …

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