How To Make A Wooden Spoon With Hand Tools
Step 2 Trace the spoon pattern onto the wood with a pencil or marker.
How to make a wooden spoon with hand tools. With the dimensions of this board I should be able to make up to 4 spoons. Choose a board that is flat and has square edges or make your board square using a jointer or hand plane. Step 3 Cut the spoon out on the bandsaw.
If it is to small it will not have enough force to split the wood. 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. Lay the top pattern on the face of the board to take advantage of grain and color or to avoid bad spots in the wood.
Making Wooden Spoon - Hand Tools Only. Heres the spoon after rough cut out. Possible dimensions for your wooden spoon.
Clamp down the piece and chisel off the wood to shape the piece to the lines. If you dont have a bandsaw you could do this with a. Thank you to WD-40 for sponsoring this video and for helping me live my life hands on.
The spoon pattern shown below can be resized and printed to match your piece of wood. My tools are hand forged reconstructions of viking tools. Cut out the outline of the spoon.
Copy the pattern and cut around the outside to make it easier to position on the board. Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood. Mark a pattern of a spoon on a board.