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1908-1925 Meccano 3 Model 17 Lever balanced luffing jib crane a.jpg
At the beginning I was a bit baffled by this model, and it took me a while to understand that it works the opposite way as normal: the jib is normally LIFTED, and it needs the action of the luffing mechanism to be LOWERED (provided that there is enough weight on the hoist).
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