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Re: Gouger

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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