Spindle gouge
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The spindle gouge and its variant the detail gouge is a woodturning tool, used mainly for spindle turning, but also for detail work in faceplate turning and shallow bowl turning.
Description
The modern spindle gouge is usually made from a round bar of high speed steel that has a wide and shallow flute ground or milled into it. They are available in a variety of sizes up to about 1/2".
Some manufacturers make a Detail gouge. This is a spindle gouge with a more shallow flute. The additional mass of this design enables the detail gouge to reach farther over the toolrest then the spindle gouge.
Traditionally the spindle gouge was forged from a flat bar of carbon steel.
The spindle gouge looks similar to a bowl gouge and should not be confused. The flutes are not as deep and the steel is usually not as thick as a bowl gouge.
The spindle roughing gouge is another variation of a spindle gouge, which is made for thicker, heavier steel, and is used primarily for taking square spindle stock down to round.
Usage
The spindle gouge has many applications:
- cutting coves in spindle work.
- cutting beads in both spindle work and face work.
- hollowing end-grain.
- making fine cuts in face work.
- hollowing boxes
- drilling a depth hole before hollowing a bowl
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