In the beginning, you say that Herzburg recommends 1.39mm. You set your gouger to 1.27mm, then when you measured the thickness, it measured at 1.02mm. Please explain. I ordered your book btw
Hi Dean Woods - a quick scroll through the video only pulled up one place where I use the dial indicator (after gouging on the second machine, around 4'55") and it measures 1.40mm. Could you send a time stamp so I can see what you see?
@@riancraypo6472 Thanks for the follow up! at 3:30 you say "The thickness of a gauge shaving is set to five hundredths of an inch." Five hundredths of an inch converted to millimeters is 1.27mm. Why not set the gouger to a 1.39~1.40mm thickness as Herzberg recommends? At 4:55 your dial indicator reads "40." I'm assuming that's .040 inches which converted to mm is 1.02mm. After pre-gouging and gouging, it seems like your analog dial indicator should read "55" or .055 inches which would be 1.39mm from :20 in your video. I'm probably getting confused with something. I'm trying to follow your steps very closely.
@@deanwoods2652 Ah, I see where the misunderstanding is. The 'curl' refers to the pieces that the blade shears off the gouged piece (because they curl up when they come off). They should be .005" (should be 5 thousandths of an inch, I misspoke!! It is correct in the book), and are just used as a measure to set the correct depth of the blade. The '40' you are referring to is on a different dial indicator with mm and is the 1.40mm gouged measurement. The needle moves completely around the dial to indicate the '1' and then the only thing left to read is the .40. Very close to 1.39, but yes, not exact. And yes, I know it's annoying that we use both mm and inches in different places! It's just how I learned it.
Really a wonderful reed making series, thank you so much for all the insight! From Tube to Blank, what would you guess is your estimate of the percentage of gouged cane you get rid of based on it being of bad quality? Also, do you have a rough estimate of how much time you spend on working on a piece of cane from a Tube to a blank? (Not including drying and soaking of course)
From an average of 47 tubes per kg, I choose about 132 straight split pieces. An average of 31 pieces make it to the blank stage (23%). I make 6 blanks a week so I go through about 10kg of cane a year. I measured the whole process once and figured out it takes me about 16 min per blank and I need to spend about 2 hours a week processing cane. This doesn't count working on clipped reeds, which can take up to and over an hour per reed if I'm being careful (the ones I keep, anyway). All this stuff is in my book if you want the numbers! www.lulu.com/shop/rian-craypo/the-banana-of-life-peeling-away-the-mysteries-of-reed-making-for-the-bassoon/paperback/product-23308127.html
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In the beginning, you say that Herzburg recommends 1.39mm. You set your gouger to 1.27mm, then when you measured the thickness, it measured at 1.02mm. Please explain. I ordered your book btw
Hi Dean Woods - a quick scroll through the video only pulled up one place where I use the dial indicator (after gouging on the second machine, around 4'55") and it measures 1.40mm. Could you send a time stamp so I can see what you see?
@@riancraypo6472 Thanks for the follow up! at 3:30 you say "The thickness of a gauge shaving is set to five hundredths of an inch." Five hundredths of an inch converted to millimeters is 1.27mm. Why not set the gouger to a 1.39~1.40mm thickness as Herzberg recommends? At 4:55 your dial indicator reads "40." I'm assuming that's .040 inches which converted to mm is 1.02mm. After pre-gouging and gouging, it seems like your analog dial indicator should read "55" or .055 inches which would be 1.39mm from :20 in your video. I'm probably getting confused with something. I'm trying to follow your steps very closely.
@@deanwoods2652 Ah, I see where the misunderstanding is. The 'curl' refers to the pieces that the blade shears off the gouged piece (because they curl up when they come off). They should be .005" (should be 5 thousandths of an inch, I misspoke!! It is correct in the book), and are just used as a measure to set the correct depth of the blade. The '40' you are referring to is on a different dial indicator with mm and is the 1.40mm gouged measurement. The needle moves completely around the dial to indicate the '1' and then the only thing left to read is the .40. Very close to 1.39, but yes, not exact. And yes, I know it's annoying that we use both mm and inches in different places! It's just how I learned it.
Really a wonderful reed making series, thank you so much for all the insight! From Tube to Blank, what would you guess is your estimate of the percentage of gouged cane you get rid of based on it being of bad quality? Also, do you have a rough estimate of how much time you spend on working on a piece of cane from a Tube to a blank? (Not including drying and soaking of course)
From an average of 47 tubes per kg, I choose about 132 straight split pieces. An average of 31 pieces make it to the blank stage (23%). I make 6 blanks a week so I go through about 10kg of cane a year. I measured the whole process once and figured out it takes me about 16 min per blank and I need to spend about 2 hours a week processing cane. This doesn't count working on clipped reeds, which can take up to and over an hour per reed if I'm being careful (the ones I keep, anyway). All this stuff is in my book if you want the numbers! www.lulu.com/shop/rian-craypo/the-banana-of-life-peeling-away-the-mysteries-of-reed-making-for-the-bassoon/paperback/product-23308127.html
What kind of pre-gouger are you using after the Reeds N Stuff pre-gouger?
It is a set of pre-gougers made by Greg James, a Canadian manufacturer. They are matched to his gouger that I demonstrate in the gouging video.