Abstract: A filiere for trimming cane includes: (a) a body having a trough extending inward from a flat surface; (b) a blade fastened to the body so that a cutting edge extends across the trough; (c) a hold-down mechanism positioned proximate to the blade; and (d) a force application mechanism in contact with the hold-down mechanism which causes the hold-down mechanism to press edges and a center of the cane against the trough proximate the cutting edge.

Abstract: A gouging machine for cane includes: (a) a base; (b) a cane bed, having a trough disposed parallel to a bottom surface of the cane bed, and having grooves on opposing sides thereof that slope at a groove angle with respect to the bottom surface of the cane bed, the cane bed being affixed to the base so that the trough is parallel to a top surface of the base and to a predetermined line; and (c) clamps, disposed on the opposing sides of the cane bed, each clamp having a tongue that slopes at the groove angle with respect to a clamping surface thereof, which clamping surface is adapted to grip edges of cane placed in the trough of the cane bed, and wherein the tongues of the clamps slidably engage the grooves of the cane bed so that the clamping surface of the clamps are parallel to a bottom of the trough.

Abstract: A gouging machine for cane includes: (a) a base; (b) a cane bed, having a trough disposed parallel to a bottom surface of the cane bed, and having grooves on opposing sides thereof that slope at a groove angle with respect to the bottom surface of the cane bed, the cane bed being affixed to the base so that the trough is parallel to a top surface of the base and to a predetermined line; and (c) clamps, disposed on the opposing sides of the cane bed, each clamp having a tongue that slopes at the groove angle with respect to a clamping surface thereof, which clamping surface is adapted to grip edges of cane placed in the trough of the cane bed, and wherein the tongues of the clamps slidably engage the grooves of the cane bed so that the clamping surface of the clamps are parallel to a bottom of the trough.

Abstract: A filiere for trimming cane includes: (a) a body having a trough extending inward from a flat surface; (b) a blade fastened to the body so that a cutting edge extends across the trough; (c) a hold-down mechanism positioned proximate to the blade; and (d) a force application mechanism in contact with the hold-down mechanism which causes the hold-down mechanism to press edges and a center of the cane against the trough proximate the cutting edge.