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Re: Gougers

Author: cjwright
Date: 2010-07-09 22:21

Before you decide to buy a gouging machine, things to consider:

1. Do you just want a machine to get started, or want a machine that as you learn more about gouging, you can continue to improve and learn upon?
2. Are you a tinkerer, and want something to adjust/play with or do you want it to just work, and sit as a doorstop when not in use.
3. Do you want a more vibrant gouge which you can scrape down to be duller and darker, or do you want a thicker gouge which you scrape to "release' vibrations.
4. Do you like blanks with smaller openings or blanks with larger openings.
5. What shape do you prefer, wider or narrower.
6. Customer service. some manufacturers are more helpful than others.
7. Price: The cheapest is the Ross or maybe the Opus 1, sitting right around $1000. The more expensive ones are the RDG, Ferrillo, Kunibert Michel, and Reeds N Stuff (Udo Heng) ranging from $1500-$2000.

One last thing: I really don't like pregouging on the machines described by Johnt that take off most of the cane. Others use the innoledy in a similar fashion. I know many people who do this, my professor Martin Schuring included, but I think it changes the dimensions of the end gouge. The grains are pulled and pushed in a certain manner by a gouging machine. I can't exactly explain what the difference in the end result is, but that I definitely feel it when it happens. So when you first start with a a machine, I would suggest using it just the way it was intended, gouging the entire piece rather than using a separate mechanism to get you half way there. Then as you become more proficient in changing, adjusting, or regrinding the gouge, you can set it up differently so that using the pre-gouging pregouger effects the end result in a positive way.

Cooper

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