[Daryl]

nice rant !

Thanks for your contributions, I toyed with the image of the bucket at the range last week-end and it helped a lot. However, it feels like Horizontal Hinge, is that right ?

PS: Someone pointed to me that Homer said the Hinge Action could be duplicated by a swivel, I will have to find out where and in which edition it appeared (I don't have an electronic version of the book).

I know what you mean by "feeling" like a Horizontal Hinge. But that's because you're using a "Pitched" Elbow Alignment. If you use a "Punch" Alignment it would feel like a "Hit".

It can Align a Horizontal Hinge, or Angled or Vertical Hinge. The "Bucket Drill" teaches, demonstrates, the "Right Forearm Angle of Approach. The Top of the Bucket will be Level to the Ground for ALL Hinge Actions. Elbow Location determines the Hinge Pin Alignment.

If you "Zero" out the #3 Accumulator (in the Left Hand) then the Right Forearm provides an Angle of Approach. Only when the Left Arm Wedge is included would you say that the Right Forearm is an Alignment Aid to Hinging because "Inherent" to Loading the Primary or Secondary Lever is a specific Elbow Alignment and each different Alignment Aligns the Hinge Pin to a different Plane. Vertical Hinging can use either Elbow Alignment so it isn't considered an Inherent Hinge Action.