"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:
Sorry, my mistake. That model has got two piece, strut type legs which
I wasn't even aware existed. Whereas subsequent models like mine had
one piece legs, pressed out of sheet steel, and I never even checked
the model number when buying replacement feet.

ISTR there were at least two models available. One with one piece legs
only. The other with flip up additional ones. To give a choice of working
height.

Good point. They still make, or at least did, up until recently a single
height model, now called the 1000 I believe. When they started is another
matter.

However they seem to have been largely overlooked.

Looking at them, they lack the large footprint and thus the resulting
stability which was a big feature of the WM. They were, and are
a bit lighter to carry about I suppose; but that lightness might
also be a disadvantage stability wise. You're supposed to rest
your foot on the crossbar I believe

Just as all pictures of the dual height model only ever show
them fully extended, not with the legs folded and resting on
the small feet. At a guess many users only ever used them at the
lower height as a platform to stand on, rather than as
workbench as such..

Having checked the picturesm the all-alloy orignial Mark II 325
already had the extra small feet, which would allow it to used
with the legs folded underneath.

But then... looking at the original Mk1 design with the large wooden
platform underneath, with a small foot on each corner, this is similar
to the mark II but with the feet folded way. So that basically the
Mark II was simply the Mark 1 with a foldable leg added to each
corner, based on a shorter H frame


michael adams

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