What is the different between European and American Gouge?
What is the different between European and American Gouge?
By changing the size of the blade you can change the relationship between the thickness of the center and the sides. Smaller blades result in thicker sides, where a change in blade size of about 0.10 mm results in sides that are 0.01 mm thicker or thinner.
For example: on an 11 mm gouging machine the EU standard blade side is 11.98 mm. This means that the sides of the cane are roughly 0.06 mm thinner at the sides versus the US standard.
For the rainy season, we recommend gouging the sides somewhat thinner.
On an 11 mm gouging machine the US standard blade size is 11.41 mm. This means that the sides of the cane are roughly 0.06 mm thicker at the sides versus the EU standard.
We generally recommend gouging cane with thicker sides for the winter. With the small exchange set you can effectively convert your gouger to meet seasonal conditions.
