December 23, 2025
Description
Moderate restoration of a Black and Decker Workmate model 79-001 Type 1 required obtaining new leveling feet to replace missing and badly damaged original feet. Not being able to find replacements that resemble the 50 year old factory feet I searched Thingiverse and found https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3494705 by TheSeldomSeenKid. A great design however the outer edge was too tall to match the good OEM feet I still had. I designed this one to more closely resemble the originals. The design is made to use a 5/16-18 hex head bolt the same as TheSeldomSeenKid design. I've printed mine in ABS Like grey water washable resin then painted them black. I did have to scale up X and Y to 102% to allow a close fit that didn't require forcing the hex head into the socket. A drop of ACC locked the bolt in place. JB Weld would probably do the trick as well.
They have yet to be put into service to determine if the ABS Like resin will be sturdy enough to stand up to the abuse that is bound to happen.
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution