I am new to wood turning. Neither of my 2 cheap sets of tools have a roughing gouge! What do you suggest I use to rough out my spindles?
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Spindle turning advice
- Thread starter Joe Ruszczyk
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. Since you’re asking the question, a spindle roughing gouge- it s a tool I start beginners on. since you don’t have one you should use a tool you are comfortable with.
Bowl gouge, spindle gouge, skew, ....
the important part with any tool is to cut perpendicular to the ways- cross cutting the wood.
to see how I use a bowl gouge( 1/2” Ellsworth grind, 5/8 bar diameter). to turn a cylinder from a square fast forward to 9:55 in my napkin ring demo.
three center turned Napkin Rings -
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Roger Wiegand
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I do much of my roughing with a skew; for many things it's faster than a roughing gouge. The roughing gouge is one of the most user-friendly tools however, I'd strongly consider acquiring one.
I use a 3/4" spindle gouge. Works good, maybe a little slower. I do my best to remove all the bark first with a hammer/chisel as the sand in the bark tends to dull my tools pretty quick. BUT, I don't do large pieces, yet. For those, I might pick up a roughing gouge, eventually, maybe..... LOL