Some of those I saw looked like cast ally, but the edges were not deburred.
I used to have a steel one, weighed a tone and you could so easily trap a
pinky in the two catches either side. It had extra legs for added height,
and those were some kind of cast alloy.
Brian

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A cast alloy Workmate? Never heard of one. Are you sure it's a Black & D
ecker?