How To Carve A Green Wood Spoon
Axe work A basic kit for green spoon carving is a chopping block a saw an axe or hatchet a straight knife and a bent knife.
How to carve a green wood spoon. Once a spoon is roughed out of green wood it may be easily dried without cracking as long as you have left no pith center in it. Shape the Outside of the Bowl Now turn the spoon around in the vise and work on the outside of the bowl. Spoon carving will improve a lot of other woodworking skills so its important to learn how to carve a wooden spoon start to finish.
In this episode I go through the possible finis. Were mostly talking about using whats called green wood versus dry wood. Start each cut at one side of the bowl and follow the edge of the stock up to the center.
Spoon carving is an art as old as stone tools. Ideally the very best blank is the lower section of a crook. However rarely is this piece useable because normally the bend is caused by a knot as in the above pics.
One of my favorite green woodworking techniques is spoon carving and in this video I show you how to carve a spoon from tree to table and what tools you need to carve a spoon whether in your woodshop or sitting by a bonfire in the woods. Use a spokeshave to round over the edges of the facets. You can cut a section of wood and then freeze it to help contain the moisture and greenness.
Special spoon carving knives with a hooked blade are available but a straight-blade knife can also be used by placing the tip of the knife in the center of the bowl and rotating the blade. Here we see green woodworking expert Justin Sanford demonstrate traditional spoon carving. As you use and wash your spoon occasionally re-oil it.
If you feel comfortable using a carving axe saw your branch into around 250mm lengths. Its ok to carve items from dried wood but its generally easier to carve green wood. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.
