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Re: Single and double radius gouging

Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-04-04 05:35

Robin:

I like the description of single/double radius gouging linked above to your blog. The graphic illustrations are just what I had in mind but hadn't yet done for my own site...

I agree with you that symmetry is critical for balanced cutting forces, but I think the guides have a real job to do in resisting the lifting tendency of those cutting forces.

As to the 'grind angle'. yes, I mean with respect to the top of the blade. Yes, the smaller angle results in an 'easier' cut because less blade is in the work. As the angle becomes smaller the cane 'sees' not a circular cross section but an increasingly more elliptical cross section, resulting in thicker sides with respect to the back. On a double radius gouge I think this would result in a more pronounced 'spine' in the gouge.

Question #2: Is that useful?

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

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