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Re: New form of mechanical advantage: Off season research potential
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Originally Posted by Skywalkar
Candidate application #1:
Antarctica ...
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I applaud your enthusiasm and thinking-without-boundaries.
But... On my grandfather's farm, my father and I used a sturdy, modest-size, non-hydraulic jack once. My father called it a "railroad jack".
We wanted to use it to straighten the frame of a car, but instead we lifted the second floor of the building we were trying to use as a brace for the jack to push against. Oops!
That was a simple, portable, one-person, mechanical device. I suppose we could have used ice instead of that jack, but using ice would have been a huge pain.
I think the folks in the Antarctic might prefer to use an Antarctic version of a railroad jack (plus some shims) to lift heavy loads.
Blake
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