Hammer flipping experiment?

[Pete RimmerParticipant @peterimmer30576]

I can debunk that now Dave.

I just found an old wooden mallet. Typical symmetric head and rectangular-ish haft. I took a marker pen and wrote 1 and 2 on the opposite faces. A and B on the opposite cheeks.

Every time I flip it with the 1 face upwards, I catch it with the 1 face upwards. If I flip it repeatedly starting with the A cheek upwards, it flips to B, A, B, A, B without fail.

[Brian GParticipant @briang]

I intend to claim that the same effect operates, but to a lesser extent, when a hammer is swung. It neatly provides a blame-free explanation as to why I can never get a nail to go in straight

Brian G

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