But how do you apply such a force to a monofilament? I dare you to apply such a 'small' force to the edge of a razor blade with your finger. Given the effective width of the cutting edge, it should not require much force to cut through most materials.
The most major problem I see is control. How do you accuratly control and guide a monofilament cutting edge without exceding it's tensile strength, it can be difficult enough to keep a macroscopic cutting edge on the desired track. Imagine cutting a material with a molecular 'grain' to it.
I think the greatest gain in the ability of a monofilament in cutting applications is the near zero resistance it would experiance, as you're cutting into a material it is friction on the face of the blade that makes cutting difficult, given that the edge is sharp enough to cut into the material initialy.
Now, here's a question. Given that a monofilament would not really push the material apart any significant amount as it cuts, might it not seem to pass through with no effect, the material fusing back together as it passes?
I won't claim to be a physicist, I'm more into Electrical Engeneering and Computer Science, so feel free to correct me if you have some evidence that any of my assumptions are incorrect.
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But how do you apply such a force to a monofilament? I dare you to apply such a 'small' force to the edge of a razor blade with your finger. Given the effective width of the cutting edge, it should not require much force to cut through most materials.
The most major problem I see is control. How do you accuratly control and guide a monofilament cutting edge without exceding it's tensile strength, it can be difficult enough to keep a macroscopic cutting edge on the desired track. Imagine cutting a material with a molecular 'grain' to it.
I think the greatest gain in the ability of a monofilament in cutting applications is the near zero resistance it would experiance, as you're cutting into a material it is friction on the face of the blade that makes cutting difficult, given that the edge is sharp enough to cut into the material initialy.
Now, here's a question. Given that a monofilament would not really push the material apart any significant amount as it cuts, might it not seem to pass through with no effect, the material fusing back together as it passes?
I won't claim to be a physicist, I'm more into Electrical Engeneering and Computer Science, so feel free to correct me if you have some evidence that any of my assumptions are incorrect.
Reporting from Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Rubbermonkey/0.8 (Firefox/0.8) to say Firesomething is great, don't get riled, and I don't think it will have any real effect on those who read the logs anyway. I'd bet that a good portion of those who know what Firefox is in the first place will still recognise it with the UAS modified by Firesomething. Especialy if it is commented.. like mine. later