Stumbled across this on YouTube.
A machinist decides to rebuild a rusty old car jack from the thirties.
Criminy, who knew car jacks from the thirties had so many parts and that they had to be assembled by hand?
This got me thinking about stuff.
Like 'by hand' was the only way there was to assemble back then.
Like how little skilled workers must have been paid for their time back then. Like how even the simplest product wasn't so simple and was made to last and to be repairable back then.
Like how long could a jack be expected to last today? If cars came with jacks today. Which they don't because they don't come with spare tires to put on if you get a flat. Because spare tires take up too much space.
So, was there just more space back in the thirties?
Anyway, here's a video about rebuilding a rusty old car jack from the thirties.
