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I boosted this from http://www.unis.org/UNIScienceNet/MECH_knowledge.html.

Do you think this has anything to do with Mr. K's Inclined Plane and the "mechanical" advantage of the Golfclub?

The inclined plane is a simple machine

The inclined plane allows a small force to be applied over a long distance to overcome a large force by moving its point of application over a small distance.

A body located on a slope may be pushed up the slope by a force parallel to the surface of the slope. The distance moved along the slope will always be less than the vertical distance moved by the body, unless the slope is vertical.

The distance moved along the slope x the effort (in Newtons) is the work done by the effort. The vertical distance x weight of the body (the force felt by the body in a gravitational field, measured in Newtons) is the work done on the body.

Effort x distance travelled along slope = weight x vertical height raised.

The mechanical advantage given by an inclined plane is the weight of the body divided by the effort applied to the object to push it to the top of the slope, or the length of the slope divided by the vertical height.

A screw is an inclined plane rolled up into a cylinder. The mechanical advantage is given by the length of the thread divided by the length of the screw.