On 2010-02-07 16:20:06 -0500, RicodJour said:

The Workmate history is also interesting.
http://books.google.com/books?id=MNZ...0#v=onepage&q= &f=false

The rest of the book is pretty good, too. Almost a little too
informative -- deciding which features to include in the "perfect"
bench is daunting, though there are some nice measured drawings in the
appendix.