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Jim Watson · January 18, 2005, 02:52 PM

It is a beam lift. Turn the knob to "UP" and a bar lifts the beam off the knife edges (pivots.) It is to keep the knife edges from wearing with every little draft in the air while the scale is not in use.

January 18, 2005, 02:52 PM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,542	It is a beam lift. Turn the knob to "UP" and a bar lifts the beam off the knife edges (pivots.) It is to keep the knife edges from wearing with every little draft in the air while the scale is not in use.