Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-04-25 08:25
Johnt, thanks for the info!
To paraphrase, David Weber recommends aligning the fold to be flush with the tips of the ears of the shaper, and you also got this advice directly from John Mack.
I like the idea of narrowing the whole length of the gouged cane to fit between the ears - makes a great deal of sense.
[What confused me is the diagram on page 47 of David Weber's Reed Maker's Manual, which clearly shows the ears of the shaper protruding beyond the fold, and the cane narrowed only enough to fit between the ears.]
Also, if you assume (for a given shape) that your finished length is going to be about 70 mm and that you tie on enough cane to seal but with little overlap, the resulting reeds will look the same, regardless of where the fold was when you shaped. The differences will be more subtle:
1. There will be less cane under the thread on the staple, if your fold was flush to the ears of the shaper
2. (More significantly?) The cane that eventually forms the tip is much further away from the stresses of the folded area
3. There is more tip to play with as you scrape, giving you more freedom to get the extreme tip very thin and then to clip gradually up to pitch.
Anyhow, I certainly intend to give this a try!
J.
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