I have one of the original aluminum die-cast Workmates (made in Great Britain in the 70's) that had seen its better day.  So I went with this "updated" model from Black & Decker.  What a joke and an extremely poor excuse for "progress".  It's mostly made of cheap stamped metal and plastic parts that make for a very rickety and unstable platform that is a mere wisp of the original Workmate.  It came damaged, and I have since had to replace several plastic parts to keep it some form of working order (such as it is).  When I finally get some time, I am going to refurbish my old Workmate and junk this POS.