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I majored in electronics, not mechanical engineering, so I am a novice to measuring forces. Finding out average man's arm strength can be done. How do I measure the force on the handles? Can you suggest which measuring instrument to use?

In the image attached, you can see a hand operated plunger for making String hoppers. The handle is rotated and the screw descends and plunges into to canister containing the batter. To mechanize this process, one can use a linear actuator, but the catch is estimating the linear force...