Class 2 Lever

Description

With a Class 2 Lever, the fulcrum is at one end, the effort is at the other end and the load is in the middle.

Features and Uses

Common examples of Class 2 Levers include: wheelbarrows, bottle openers, nutcrackers and foot pumps.

Animations

• Examples from Nguyen Duc Thang's YouTube Channel 2100 Animated Mechanical Mechanisms

Toggle Clamp - the green link and the orange crank come into toggle by lining up on top of each other to hold the yellow plate firmly. The red arrow represents resisting force.

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DT Online Buyers' Guide

Simple Frames and Linkages can be explored using Construction Kits such as those listed below. More varied models can be constructed using the materials listed at Truss Bridge Models or Stripwood Technology Materials and tools described in Stripwood Technology Tools.

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