Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-03-31 01:11
J. Hoyla -
Your analysis and your advice are right on. It's the finding out what works for you... (grin)
As to the Innoledy gouger, I don't think you can gouge 8000 pieces and the blade suddenly gets dull. It gets slowly and progressively duller with use, like all cutting edges everywhere. If the limit is 8000 pieces, then the first 4000, as you go from sharp to halfway dull might all be ok, but the last 4000, as you go from halfway dull to really dull have to be a nightmare. Can you imagine the the effect effect on your reed making of 4000 reeds made with less than optimal cane? How long do you tolerate a somewhat dull reed knife before you are driven to resharpen it?
Robin -
The relationship of the top angle of the blade and the 'dig' which you describe is accurate, but with the proviso that on every gouger I have looked at the blade mounts at 45ยบ, there is little choice. The guides presumably hold the cane down in the bed, counteracting the lifting effect of the 'dig'. The greater influence, in my opinion, is the thickness of the chip you are taking; the thicker the chip, the more lift. That's why I designed my gouger with an adjustable front guide that allows you to expose more or less of the blade (and the rear guide), letting you to adjust your chip thickness and keeping the rear guide firmly on the cane.
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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