Here is a writing of the turning of a doorknob. I also did two videos. One from front view and the other from the side view. Notice that the hand is bend at the wrist at a 45 degree angle. This is why it still can use the rotation symbol. This is what Val was talking about.
<br><br>Adam<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Valerie Sutton</b> <<a href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
SignWriting List<br>July 9, 2007<br><br>SignWriting List<br>July 9, 2007<br><br>On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:18 AM, <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:CWren@doe.k12.ga.us">CWren@doe.k12.ga.us</a>
wrote:<br>> I'm trying to root around in my head to see if there is any sign<br>> that might be an 'exception' but right now, I can't think of one.<br>> Wait a minute... turning a doorknob-- how would you write that?
<br><br>Of course, people can turn doorknobs in different ways. So there may<br>be exceptions to this depending on one's anatomy...<br><br>But I personally write turning a doorknob as a Rotisserie Movement,<br>because even though the wrist may be flexed because the hand is
<br>holding the doorknob, the movement is not from the wrist joint (when<br>I do it anyway). The wrist joint when I do it, is locked in its<br>position, and the wrist joint itself remains solid, while the<br>Rotisserie Movement occurs...
<br><br>So if the Rotisserie pole is bent at the end, it is still a solid<br>pole, because the wrist is locked. The whole arm-wrist-hand as a<br>unit, rotates to turn the doorknob...<br><br>Val ;-)<br></blockquote></div><br>