Spindle turning advice

[Joe Ruszczyk]

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?

 

[hockenbery]

. 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 -

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys4tMzwh7jE

 

[Roger Wiegand]

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.

 

[John Walls]

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