Floating Hammer and Ruler Optical Illusion is a simple yet puzzling illusion. The ruler holds up the hammer or dose the hammer hold the ruler? Is there some hidden strings? A carefully placed hidden nail holding it all together? or something we are missing or do they work together in perfect balance! Personally I think its all to do with balancing and the center of gravity, but what do you guys thing? any solutions to this mystery?
While on the subject of hammer and nail be sure to check out this amazing Nail Art.
There are two pressure points that cancel each other out with the hammer head acting as the counterweight. See, the head of the hammer wants to go down with gravity, and so it pushes up on the ruler. The ruler’s end wants to go down, but the hammer is keeping it up. The weight of the hammer keeps it pinned to the table, so there you go. Physics 101. They reinforce each other.