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by: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Dealmonger: Stanley’s Mobile Project Center For $110

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:22:14 +0000

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by: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Dealmonger: Stanley FatMax Mobile Project Center for $84 — Shipped!

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:24:20 +0000

[…] Kor, having seen our hands-on with Stanley’s FatMax Mobile Project Center, wrote in to let us know that it’s included in a 20% “instant rebate” sale Amazon’s offering today on a variety of tools. That brings the price for the FatMax unit we tested — the one with the on-board power and the two-wheel-dolly conversion — down to the price of the base model. […]

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by: Cyberkender

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:58:58 +0000

Nate: Just about everything becomes brittle after a liquid nitrogen bath. Save that for making instant ice cream. Now, if you know someone with a walk-in freezer to leave the cart in for awhile…

The other thing that will break down many plastics, is UV light. Exposure to the sun is a factor the regular Workmate won’t have to worry about. But then, the plastic won’t rust, so that may be a six of one, half a dozen of the other trade off.

by: Jim Nutt

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:36:25 +0000

I just came back from Lowes and have an update on the $85 version they have there. It appears to be the same except in one detail, it lacks the built in dolly. So, if you need the dolly, the one from Lowes isn’t for you.

by: Kurt Schwind

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:11:58 +0000

I wish this was out a year or so earlier when I bought a new work-mate. The idea of having wheels, a low-load dolly and power right there are very enticing.

by: Nate Bezanson

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:09:30 +0000

I share the concerns about plastic aging. Unfortunately, it’s awkward to simulate 20 or 30 years of embrittlement in a few weeks of testing. I did have one idea, though: Plastic parts become brittle at low temperatures. Yes! An excuse to play with liquid nitrogen!

Although, if you consider it an $85 tool that’ll last ten years before the plastics give out, and that an all-metal version is likely to cost $400, maybe the tradeoff is worth it. In ten years maybe we’ll have 3-D CAM setups in our garages and we can just download the toolwarez torrents that’ll let us machine new parts for copyrighted tools.

by: Jim Nutt

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:29:58 +0000

Just for the record, it appears that Lowe's has it for about $85.