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Lifting Aid?

comments (2) February 23rd, 2010 in Project Gallery        
gwac gwac, member
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This tool may have helped get a grip on old heavy trunks.
Swivel fulcum alters lifting parameters.
This tool may have helped get a grip on old heavy trunks.Click To Enlarge

This tool may have helped get a grip on old heavy trunks.


I found this in an old family farmhouse among ancient handtools.  My great-uncle did handyman work between woodblock art projects. 


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Comments (2)

KasilofLeif KasilofLeif writes: Scraper? Thought it was a lifting device. It looks much like a recently "invented" tool to lift heavy doors single-handedly when setting them on their hinges. You push it under the heavy door and step on it lift the door so you can mark hinges or slip in the hinge-pins. Check recent Fine Homebuilding or JLC issues for ad or testimonial.
Posted: 3:23 am on May 22nd

anchorptguy anchorptguy writes: I believe you are holding it correctly in the lower left hand photo .My grandfather had a tool like it .His was a two handed paint scraper .The fingers of your right hand would wrap over on the protrusion on the top .
Posted: 9:26 pm on February 25th

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