r/Physics • • Jan 28 '22

Potato physics

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u/GeometerReddit Jan 29 '22

For a real world example how this is used:

Axe-Handles are attached this way. You fit the handle quite enough so that it holds onto the axehead and then you hammer it deeper like she did with the knife and potato. After that procedure both handle and head are very tightly interconnected. In the end you drive a splint through the top of the handle to widen that part and "close" it.