"...a fascinating, but migraine-inducing article in 'New Scientist' a few weeks back,"
Must have read it a dozen times now: Sorta makes sense while I'm reading it then, like a half-remembered dream, grok turns to mist and drifts away...
D'uh. time for some 'Occupational Therapy'...
Unpacked new B&D 'Workmate', a twin to one I've used for ~4 decades. (My second from ~Y2K got water damage in storage. 
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You'd think, after so long, assembly diagrams would be more legible, rather than less. I suspect each 'helpful drawing' has been shrunk from clear format without 'Joined Up Thinking'. Had to up-end and study old model to resolve my 'WTF ??'
Still nigh-impossible to drive handles' spring pins as described.
Oh, and 'new-improved' top has fewer 'dog holes' !!!
