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Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2010-04-25 17:09
Hi,
I am thinking about buying a new gouger. I would like one that I can maintain myself -
What is the most user friendly gouger out there?
Mark
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Author: wrowand
Date: 2010-04-25 17:45
I almost had milk coming out of my nose. "user friendly gouger" LMAO.
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Author: cjwright
Date: 2010-04-25 18:11
If you just want it to "go", I'd say a Ross. They're indestructible, when it gets dull, you send it back and he sharpens it.
However, knowing your propensity for tinkering, I'd say you're better off with a Westwind, or even a Robert M. Turner/Graf from Weber's. I think you'll find gouging a worthy undertaking, and will quickly want to expand beyond the factory settings of single radius machines.
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-05-28 10:47
I am VERY interested in a new type of gouger, the "crank" gouger, which is apparently only available from
http://www.innoledy.com/
In the 1990s, I bough a 2nd hand gouger for 100$. It is the standard that you'll find almost everywhere with 4 pushing screws and 4 pulling bolts underneath for the cane bed's roll & pitch and 2 side screws to adjust parallelism. In other words, almost all gougers are a nightmare to adjust! The only one that made sense is a one-piece (I THINK) machine from Forrests (http://www.forrestsmusic.com/gougers.htm). If it is what it looks like, the adjustments were machine-shopped into its construction.
I sharpen the blade myself by hand - I use radius gages and backlighting (of the blade on the gage) to make an even curve that gouges more thinly on the sides: yes, very difficult. Micrometers/comparators are necessary to ensure the same thickness from end-to-end and that the thicker part is well centered: adjusting this aspect is the hard part.
If the crank gouger reduces the problems of adjusting, then it is a God-send. Does anyone who know more about them?
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: oboemoboe
Date: 2010-05-29 20:57
Hi,
I have a RDG gouger. I've had it for about 10 years and I absolutely love it. It's easy to adjust and quite "user friendly" (for a gouging machine!).
Cheers!
O
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