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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago

You've interpreted it the same way I did at first. I went looking for real historical examples and the hinge point should actually be at the end of the log that's on our left, which makes a lot more sense mechanically. I have to assume that Eheran's suggestion that it's only a horizontal guide and doesn't impede the vertical travel of the lever is correct