Mystery Item

Mystery Item

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17 March 2025 at 12:32 #789191
Martin King 2
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Hi All,

I have been away from here for a while but here is the latest mystery item that has come in with an auction lot of general tools? Quite well made and now works after cleaning up; heavy cast iron base that is 6″ square; columns are 18″ tall.

Any ideas what it is for please?

Cheers, Martin
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17 March 2025 at 12:57 #789196
Robert Atkinson 2
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A “lab jack” for supporting glassware likr a receiver from a condenser at the right height etc.

Modern ones are mini scissor-lifts

https://www.philipharris.co.uk/product/lab-equipment/labware/philip-harris-laboratory-jack-25kg-200-x-200mm/b8l75590?srsltid=AfmBOork-i8d2r-_5PJx7LcDipSlfvWPIGY5lXcHqpbZYr49q4Q3bEdF
17 March 2025 at 16:46 #789215
Martin Connelly
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I (using company money of course) bought something like that from Fisher Scientific for raising and lowering an automatic builders level to the height of a benchmark on a fabrication. This then allowed the positioning of other benchmarks so that when the fabrication was on site it could be levelled to the as built position. My thoughts on this item make me think of the early years of photography though.

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17 March 2025 at 22:29 #789313
Howard Lewis
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Nicely made.

If you are into photography, you could modify it to be a camera stand for copying.

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