How To Carve A Spoon From A Blank
Carve a Spoon by Hand.
How to carve a spoon from a blank. 003423 Explaining grain direction. 000539 A look at some of Aarons spoons. Here we see green woodworking expert Justin Sanford demonstrate traditional spoon carving.
There are four easy methods to rough cutting your wood carving spoon blank bench knife coping saw draw knife and scroll saw. All you have to do is to design your spoon carve the bowl and shape the handle. If the spoon you want to carve is smaller than the piece of wood youve selected use the table saw to cut the chunk into a thinner piece so you have to remove less material by hand when carving.
Then using an ax or a band saw remove the majority of the material surrounding your spoon so you are left with a spoon-like shape. It will take more time and energy than these other methods but is 100 doable. Justin shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for this work as he.
As with the basic spoon you will start with a blank with the pattern for the bowl drawn on. 010647 Carving the end of the spoon. There are three different boxes available.
Spoon carving is a bit more refined than crudely making one and in our shared interest of craft I will focus on specific tools that are used to carve wooden spoons. Spoon carving is an art as old as stone tools themselves. 003557 Hook knife work Hollowing the bowl.
Work from the center carving in small sections until youve carved the blank to your desired depth. Weve given you generous outwardly tapering handles so you have fantastic options for shaping and finials. Once that is ready you can start working on the hollow center of the bowl using your knife.