Author: Graham Salter
Date: 2015-02-27 11:29
Thank you both for your kind and immediate answers. I appreciate the help. But you can see already the problem thrown up! I suppose that both of you experts disagree.
J: could you please explain a little more clearly. It is so easy for one to be misunderstood. "As the thread bears *down* on the upper blade it forces the *far edge* a tiny bit under the *near edge of the lower blade*. This increases the seal"...
. . . It seems to me (and I surmise that we agree) that, if one ties "up and over", the thread pulls the upper blade away from you and the lower, towards you. (The edge of the top blade – the right edge if you shift to the right – hides the lower right blade). If I understand it, offsetting the blade as you suggest (which is to the right for right-handers), forces the left edge of the top blade (for right-handers) back into the protection of the visible edge of the lower blade, to run tightly inside the wall, 'parallel', so to speak; the whole blade is swung inwards by the thread, which prevents the tip being forced outwards in a 'scissors' motion. So the L-Hander shifts to the left, and reverses everything. Or have I got you wrong?
Cooper: I suppose a Left-hander will tie from R to L, so long as one is working towards the tip before crossing back. But even though everything is mirrored, does not 'up and over' imply that what J says controls the degree of crossing?
Thank you both again. You may get quoted! or paraphrased, in fairness...
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Post Edited (2015-02-27 11:38)
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