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 Re: RDG Gougers
Author: huboboe 
Date:   2011-04-01 05:06

Haubois Francais:

I worked for several years in a tool and die shop designing and building cut/form dies that tweaked the wires on electronic components so they would fit in printed circuit boards. The principal clarinetist in my orchestra and an oboist colleague who was a Ray Still student were machining there as well. We spent a fair amount of time talking about what we hated in gouging machines and dreaming of a perfect gouger. Most of the objections were about difficulty of 'setup' - locating the parts accurately - and adjusting things accurately and repeatably.

That's the genesis of this design. I'm glad you like it.

You asked about blade life. When I first envisioned this machine more than 20 years ago, I made 25 sets of many of the critical parts. At that time I contacted the Landwell folks because I really love the steel they use in their knives. They were unwilling (of course) to disclose their proprietary alloy and heat treat process, but they did sell me a bar of steel and I made blade blanks which they heat treated for me. They are the same as the Landwell <hard> knife blades. I haven't counted pieces of cane and, because it's so easy, I resharpen at the first hint of decreased performance, like I do with my reed knife. If you were to just gouge until the blade was truly dull I imagine the blade would equal or exceed anything out there, given the quality of the steel. Actually, until I read this thread I had not seen any estimates of blade life except the Innoledy, and I think, frankly, that 8,000 pieces is a gross exaggeration. Depending on your standards, of course.

As to live demonstrations, I'll be glad to show it off anytime you are in the area. I'm just finishing up a batch of ten - it'll be a couple or three weeks, but if you email me with your schedule we can put something together.

Are you in the Bay Area or will you be passing through?

Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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