How To Carve A Spoon From A Blank
Carve out the bowl of your spoon.
How to carve a spoon from a blank. 36 Box C - 18 spoon carving blanks. 003423 Explaining grain direction. It will take more time and energy than these other methods but is 100 doable.
There are four easy methods to rough cutting your wood carving spoon blank bench knife coping saw draw knife and scroll saw. As with the basic spoon you will start with a blank with the pattern for the bowl drawn on. Then use the miter saw to cut the chunk of wood to length at the ends of.
Your bench knife or coping saw work wonderfully on thin woods that are under 34 thick and soft woods as basswood. You can either cut it from a block of wood or purchase a pre cut blank. 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.
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. 000539 A look at some of Aarons spoons.
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. I use an old gouge and a mallet to begin carving and then I switch to my Swiss Made gouge to finish carving it out. Create your beautiful spoons using your favourite tools.
This spoon is made from walnut and can. All you have to do is to design your spoon carve the bowl and shape the handle. 24 Box B - 12 spoon carving blanks.