The inventor who made DIY possible for millions of Britons has died aged 78. Ron Hickman, creator of the legendary Black & Decker Workmate workbench, passed away yesterday in Jersey after illness ...

EVERY man has to have his tools, and the more noise and dust they make the better. EVERY man has to have his tools, and the more noise and dust they make the better. But the daddy of them all has no ...

He also worked as a car designer for Lotus, and in the 1960s designed the original two-seater Lotus Elan sports car, made famous on television when Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers drove a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ron Hickman invented the Black & Decker Workmate, the portable workbench that for nearly 40 years has encouraged millions to try their ...

I’ve made several ponderously over-engineered reloading benches through the years. Sometimes, though, less is more. Robin Sharpless, who runs Redding Reloading Equipment, devised a bench that is ...