"Jim Ledford" wrote in message
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Chas Hurst wrote:

"RB" wrote in message
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I'm looking a simple, maybe 2' long retracted, 4' long extended, light
duty screw jack.

If anyone knows where I can find a gizmo like that, please let me know.
I
want to put a swivel foot on each end and use it for a knee brace on a
fence post.

Make one from a piece of pipe and a length of threaded rod. Weld a nut on
an
end of the pipe.

home made stuff is great.

sad watching another spend to much money on what could be so
easily made out of a few scrap parts from the scrap parts pile.

did you know most neighborhoods have rules against having a
scrap parts pile? yep, upsets those who are unable to visualize
a future use for a piece of scraped out metal. they call'em
eye sores and that's their reasoning for not allowing neighborhood
dwellers with visionary expertise to retain and maintain a scrap
pile. all about, if 'I' can not do it then 'I' want to prohibit
you from being able to do it.

Same with "dump picking" - they stop us from recycleing stuff from there
also. Twenty years ago I built a nice 10 by 12 shed wuth lumber I "picked".