Saw this little cutie recently when I was looking to buy something else. The guy
sold me this jack and also a 6 ton hydraulic bottle jack for the princely sum of
$5US, wish he'd had 20 of 'em. This is a 1.5 ton screw jack which stands 5" tall
when closed, and which extends just about 6", a feat accomplished by the use of
a telescoping ram. I haven't cleaned it up yet (and may never, it works
perfectly and boy my shop queue is centuries long already) but this one is
destined to be in my working museum of cool old US-made shop stuff:

http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/potScrewJack.jpg
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/tem...ckExtended.jpg

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington

I have one of those, don't remember where I got it though -

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:51:55 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Saw this little cutie recently when I was looking to buy something else. The guy
sold me this jack and also a 6 ton hydraulic bottle jack for the princely sum of
$5US, wish he'd had 20 of 'em. This is a 1.5 ton screw jack which stands 5" tall
when closed, and which extends just about 6", a feat accomplished by the use of
a telescoping ram. I haven't cleaned it up yet (and may never, it works
perfectly and boy my shop queue is centuries long already) but this one is
destined to be in my working museum of cool old US-made shop stuff:

http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/potScrewJack.jpg
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/tem...ckExtended.jpg

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington
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In article ,
says...
Saw this little cutie recently when I was looking to buy something else. The guy
sold me this jack and also a 6 ton hydraulic bottle jack for the princely sum of
$5US, wish he'd had 20 of 'em. This is a 1.5 ton screw jack which stands 5" tall
when closed, and which extends just about 6", a feat accomplished by the use of
a telescoping ram. I haven't cleaned it up yet (and may never, it works
perfectly and boy my shop queue is centuries long already) but this one is
destined to be in my working museum of cool old US-made shop stuff:

http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/potScrewJack.jpg
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/tem...ckExtended.jpg


Are you sure it's USA made? It looks very much like a Toyota or Datsun
jack. The last two Nissan PUs I've owned came with similar jacks, but
not as squat.

F'rinstance...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=8044528348

Ned Simmons

Gunner wrote:

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:22:17 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:


Ned Simmons wrote:


In article ,
says...


Saw this little cutie recently when I was looking to buy something else. The guy
sold me this jack and also a 6 ton hydraulic bottle jack for the princely sum of
$5US, wish he'd had 20 of 'em. This is a 1.5 ton screw jack which stands 5" tall
when closed, and which extends just about 6", a feat accomplished by the use of
a telescoping ram. I haven't cleaned it up yet (and may never, it works
perfectly and boy my shop queue is centuries long already) but this one is
destined to be in my working museum of cool old US-made shop stuff:

http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/potScrewJack.jpg
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/tem...ckExtended.jpg



Are you sure it's USA made? It looks very much like a Toyota or Datsun
jack. The last two Nissan PUs I've owned came with similar jacks, but
not as squat.

F'rinstance...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=8044528348

Ned Simmons

No, I'm not sure, in fact now that you mention it NBK stands for Nabeya Bi-tech
Kaisha, an old Japanese company, so this probably is an old Toyota bottle jack.
It's *still* cool, even if it isn't as unusual as I'd thought.

GWE


Next time Im in the wrecking yard..Ill hit some of the old Toyotas. I
can think of a dozen ways to use a lil shorty jack like this, just for
doing welding on the table alone.

Grab me the handle setup when you're in there, Gunner, I'll pick it up my next
trip south ..

Grant

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:03:06 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Gunner wrote:

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:22:17 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:


Ned Simmons wrote:


In article ,
says...


Saw this little cutie recently when I was looking to buy something else. The guy
sold me this jack and also a 6 ton hydraulic bottle jack for the princely sum of
$5US, wish he'd had 20 of 'em. This is a 1.5 ton screw jack which stands 5" tall
when closed, and which extends just about 6", a feat accomplished by the use of
a telescoping ram. I haven't cleaned it up yet (and may never, it works
perfectly and boy my shop queue is centuries long already) but this one is
destined to be in my working museum of cool old US-made shop stuff:

http://www.tinyisland.com/images/temp/potScrewJack.jpg
http://www.tinyisland.com/images/tem...ckExtended.jpg



Are you sure it's USA made? It looks very much like a Toyota or Datsun
jack. The last two Nissan PUs I've owned came with similar jacks, but
not as squat.

F'rinstance...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=8044528348

Ned Simmons

No, I'm not sure, in fact now that you mention it NBK stands for Nabeya Bi-tech
Kaisha, an old Japanese company, so this probably is an old Toyota bottle jack.
It's *still* cool, even if it isn't as unusual as I'd thought.

GWE


Next time Im in the wrecking yard..Ill hit some of the old Toyotas. I
can think of a dozen ways to use a lil shorty jack like this, just for
doing welding on the table alone.

Grab me the handle setup when you're in there, Gunner, I'll pick it up my next
trip south ..

Grant
You got it.

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3

That's neat. I think the Toyota identification may well be right. I
recall a friend having a similar jack for his beat-up '80s Toyota truck
(although the jack was yellow).

It also reminds me of one of my finds. This is part of a laboratory
hydraulic press. I saved it to make into a new press because I thought
it was neat, but so far I haven't got round to it. Now this I am 99%
sure is made in the USA:

http://www.mythic-beasts.com/~cdt22/carver1.jpg
http://www.mythic-beasts.com/~cdt22/carver2.jpg
http://www.mythic-beasts.com/~cdt22/carver3.jpg

Best wishes,

Chris