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LIFTING JACK
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Description
- Upright jack has a rectangular metal base with a brace and a double metal teethed section and a curved handle for raising and lowering. The handle is a 48.5cm 'S' shaped piece of metal connected to a brace mechanism that also holds the metal section that actually hooks under the buggy. The metal …
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MECHANICAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Upright jack has a rectangular metal base with a brace and a double metal teethed section and a curved handle for raising and lowering. The handle is a 48.5cm 'S' shaped piece of metal connected to a brace mechanism that also holds the metal section that actually hooks under the buggy. The metal section is connected to a 39cm by 3cm piece of rectangular metal with notches allowing the mechanism to ride up and down on the jack when handle is accessed. Metal base plate is 17.5cm by 13cm with a screw hole in each corner for securing to a work surface.
- History Of Use
- Jack used to lift up buggies for wheel replacement or to grease wheel hubs, etc.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Height
- 68.5
- Width
- 18
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1971.0053.0002
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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