Author: mschmidt
Date: 2015-03-11 20:10
I am sure it is quite easy to demonstrate that you CAN cause slippage in an unfortunate direction. But I have demonstrated, in my years of reed-making, that you can have wrong-direction slippage and still get a reed to seal. This is possible as long as the thread is not allowed to move against the cane when wrapping, or allowing the cane to move sideways with respect to the staple. If you have sufficient tension in the thread, the normal force on the cane will be such to increase the frictional force holding the cane in place far greater than any small imbalance in the equal and opposite forces keeping the thread in tension.
In the words of philosopher of science Karl Popper, I have demonstrated the falsifiability of the theory of directional overlap by overlapping the reeds in the wrong way and still getting reeds to seal. Of course, we could both be right--it could be, that, under the conditions under which I wrap reeds, I am able to do things you are not able to do under the conditions with which you wrap reeds.
Sorry to get all sciencey on you, but it's my career...
Mike
Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore
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