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Re: Jeanné gouging machine

Author: cjwright
Date: 2007-06-29 15:23

I definetely understand wrowand and the frustration of trying to knock gouging machines into adjustment. I have three currently, and after about a month and a half worth of work, and having made probably close to 300 reeds during that time, I can say that all three are finally in proper adjustment of what I want. The only way one can get machines in adjustment is simply by trial and error, small adjustment and make another reed to test.

"It seems like with enough adjustability (both in the mechanism and by judicious use of a file) that almost any of them could be made to work. "

I would agree with this statement, but I think it's really difficult to learn all of this if one has not had proper instruction from a well-seasoned repairman on exactly how to adjust the curve of a blade, what the guide in relation to the blade should do and how it should rub, when to file the guide (and you can only file it so much before you screw up the machine completely!) and when you know "this is as good as it's going to get", and even what a good blade curve looks like. It's so minute, and not even visible to the naked eye, that unless you have one of those amazing laser thingies that zap your blade to exact proportions, you have to just guess and check. Even regrinding the blade curve without a grinding wheel is difficult, because you often accidentally turn the end of the blade slightly up, thus making you push down harder in order to get the blade to catch the cane.

I really wish you the best of luck coguy. If you can't fix it, I'd strongly suggest sending a machine over to Mr. Weber. He works wonders with gouging machines.

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