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Re: Gougers

Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-07-10 02:38

Like I said, I only know my own gouger.

Adjusting for thickness should be the easiest thing on all machines. There is normally a double wedge that stops the plane from going any lower: the wedges slide to go higher-lower and there is a bolt to fixate them.

But cane density also affects thickness: I've found that soft cane usually gouges thinner and hard cane thicker. I think soft cane expands more when wet, therefore gets thinner when it settles down.

I had found this website on adjusting machines http://www.reedmaster.com/IsYourOboeCaneGougerOutOfWhack.html. I was glad to read in it confirmation of what I had learned through trial and error: the best settings for blade depth is when shavings are between 0.05 and 0.1mm thick. The thickness of the shavings will change depending on how deep in the grains you're at at any given swipe: you'll understand quickly enough. I think most vendors are very careful when packaging, so you should be fine for a good while.

Best of luck!

p.s.:
No offense, please, but do stores over here serve clientelle in Dutch, Swomi or Urdu? I think its natural that any establishment speak the language of its own country - even to the exclusion of all others. And as a former teacher of French second language to the Federal gouv., I can tell some stories about Anglos....

Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music

Post Edited (2010-07-10 02:43)

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