Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-03-30 06:48
Hi, Cooper -
I'm a little confused as well by your 'vibrancy' distinction. It's not like the gouger imparts it's personality to the cane. If the gouge dimensions are the same, the results ought to be the same unless something else is happening that you don't see, like a dull blade crushing rather than planing the fibers (or the guides crushing the cane) or some behind the scenes thing. The cane doesn't know who made the gouger, it just experiences the process.
I used a RDG gouger for years until I developed my own and I thought it was great. For a single radius gouger, of course...
Haubois Francais -
If you are thinking of an Innoledy gouger, look at it very carefully. I think it's an elegant design and very well made, But -
As far as I can see there is no way to resharpen the blade without changing the gouge profile. That means that, as the blade wears incrementally with each piece of cane the machine changes over time from a gouger to a contoured splitter. Which it sort of is anyway, given the thickness of the chip it makes.
I like a razor sharp blade that leaves a smooth surface, just like my reed knife does when I sharpen it.
'Nuff said; I'm a competitor and I don't want to be seen as trashing the competition, just pointing out what I see as shortcomings.
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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