The ultimate Machine for gouging your Cane.
The Reeds ‘n Stuff gouging machine is the ultimate machine for gouging your cane. Its newly designed cylindrical blade provides the most accurate cuts and a perfectly smooth surface. And an ingenious thickness adjustment keeps the blade centred at any settings.Forget all the problems you have heard about the old gouging machines. Changing the blades is now very easy, anyone can do it! No need to send the machine to a mechanic or back to the factory for adjustment - no more trouble after sharpening the blades.
Variety of bases and blades.
You can choose from a wide variety of bases and blades to gouge to the diameter of your choice, making the one machine for Oboe, Oboe d’amore, English horn and Baroque Oboes. Available in diameters Ø 10 / 10.5 / 11 / EH or Baroque Oboe.
A “change of clothes” for your cane
During the rainy season, reeds often get overly hard and out of control.
And in cold, dry winter air, they can close down excessively.
Changing the thickness of the gouge doesn't help much;
we recommend changing the relationship between the center and the sides.
A small replacement kit for our gouging machines can do just this,
helping you react to changing seasonal and weather conditions.
For the rainy season, we recommend gouging the sides somewhat thinner.
The standard with a REEDS 'N STUFF gouging machine
with a 10.5-mm bed is an 11.41-mm blade unit.
With the small replacement kit, you can exchange it for an 11.6-mm blade unit.
In the winter, we recommend thicker sides relative to the center.
With the small replacement kit, you can switch to an 11.3-mm blade unit
(on a machine with the standard 10.5-mm bed),
effectively converting your gouger to meet seasonal conditions.
You can perform these adjustments yourself in a few easy steps.
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Passin | Reeds 'n Stuff | American Style | Industry |
Cane cutting | |||
With cane guillotine | With cane guillotine | With cane guillotine | – |
Exchange beds | |||
No exchangeable bed Available only in diameters 10; 10,5; 11; 12; 12,5 and 15 mm. |
Exchange beds in diameters 10; 10,5; 10,7T; 11; 12; 12,5; 13; 14; 15 and 16 mm. Other diameters on request. |
No exchangeable bed Available only in 11 mm diameter. |
Exchange beds in diameters 10; 10,5; 10,7T; 11; 12; 12,5; 13; 14; 15 and 16 mm. Other diameters on request. |
Spare blades | |||
Traditional German Gouging machine blades. | Patented cylindrical blades. 3-ways usable. |
An American style elliptical blade. | You can choose from: Traditional German Gouging machine blades; Patented cylindrical blades,3-ways usable; An American style elliptical blade. |
Centering the gouge | |||
Centered gouge | Centered gouge is factory-preset. Machine has an adjustment for W-gouge. |
Centered gouge is factory-preset. Machine has an adjustment for W-gouge. Built-in precision system for adjusting the center of the gouge plus an attached micrometer. |
Centered gouge is factory-preset. Machine has an adjustment for W-gouge. |
Cane fixation | |||
Two clamps Spring loaded bed end Little teeth in bed ends to prevent cane from moving |
Two clamps Spring loaded bed end Little teeth in bed ends to prevent cane from moving |
Two clamps Spring loaded bed end Little teeth in bed ends to prevent cane from moving |
Vacuum fixation Little teeth in bed ends to prevent cane from moving |
Dimension (WxDxH) | |||
21 x 11 x 11 cm | 26 x 11,7 x 12 cm | 26,5 x 14,5 x 13,5 cm | 67 x 35 x 32 cm |
Weight | |||
ca. 2,0 kg | ca. 2,5kg | ca. 2,6 kg | ca. 35,5 kg |
Voltage | |||
– | – | – | 110 or 230 V |
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The W gouge is a typical American thing, they off-center the blade to make one side thinner, then flip the cane over and make the other side thinner too. Theis creates a little spine in the middle which is similar to the middle of the letter W.
- Height
- 120 mm
- Width
- 260 mm
- Depth
- 130 mm
- Weight
- 2.5 kg
- What’s in the Box
- Gouging machine with wooden handle, manual, tools
- Manufacturer
- Reeds 'n Stuff
Gordon Hunt
Jonathan Small
Principal Oboe of Liverpool Philharmonic
Richard Vaughan
Barcelona
Michael Wilson
Principal Oboe Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
John McDonough
Principal Oboe Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Philipp Mahrenholz
Stellvertretender Solo-Oboist imOrchester der Oper Zürich